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Rational Choice Theory

By: George Parangimalil
In: Encyclopedia of Social Deviance
Edited by: Craig J. Forsyth & Heith Copes
Subject:Psychopathology, Crime & Deviance (general)
Keywords:choice theories; deviance; epicureanism; perpetrators; pleasure; rational choice; Rational Choice Theory

Rational choice theory of human behavior is valued for its purported ability to explain and predict behavior with relative guilelessness. The theory postulates human behavior to be rational since humans, with the faculty to reason, tend to choose what is best ...

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  Parangimalil, G. (2014). Rational choice theory. In C. J. Forsyth, & H. Copes (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social deviance (Vol. 1, pp. 586-588). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n236
  
  Parangimalil, George. "Rational Choice Theory." In Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, edited by Forsyth, Craig J., and Heith Copes, 586-88. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n236.
  
  Parangimalil, G. 2014. Rational Choice Theory. In: Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes Editors, 2014. Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 586-588 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n236> [Accessed 15 Aug 2022].
  
  Parangimalil, George. "Rational Choice Theory." Encyclopedia of Social Deviance. Edited by Craig J. Forsyth and Heith Copes. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 586-88. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340470.n236.
  
  Parangimalil, George (2014). Rational choice theory In: Forsyth, Craig J., and Heith Copes (Eds.),Rational choice theory Encyclopedia of social deviance Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2014:586-588. doi:10.4135/9781483340470.n236
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