Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events

Autores
Di Tella, Rafael; Freira, Lucía; Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Shalom, Diego; Sigman, Mariano
Año de publicación
2017
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We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated participants watch a series of real, crime-related videos (while the control group watches non-crime-related videos). Not previously victimized participants exposed to the treatment video show significant changes in cortisol level, heart rate, and measures of cognitive control. Instead, previously victimized individuals who are exposed to the treatment video show biological markers and cognitive performance comparable to those measured in individuals exposed to the control video. These results suggest a phenomenon of desensitization or habituation of victims to crime exposure.
Fil: Di Tella, Rafael. Harvard Business School;
Fil: Freira, Lucía. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Shalom, Diego. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
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Biological Markers
Crime
Desensitization
Experiment
Victimization
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spelling Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal eventsDi Tella, RafaelFreira, LucíaGálvez, Ramiro HeraclioSchargrodsky, Ernesto SantiagoShalom, DiegoSigman, MarianoBiological MarkersCrimeDesensitizationExperimentVictimizationWe study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated participants watch a series of real, crime-related videos (while the control group watches non-crime-related videos). Not previously victimized participants exposed to the treatment video show significant changes in cortisol level, heart rate, and measures of cognitive control. Instead, previously victimized individuals who are exposed to the treatment video show biological markers and cognitive performance comparable to those measured in individuals exposed to the control video. These results suggest a phenomenon of desensitization or habituation of victims to crime exposure.Fil: Di Tella, Rafael. Harvard Business School;Fil: Freira, Lucía. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; ArgentinaFil: Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; ArgentinaFil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Shalom, Diego. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; ArgentinaFil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; ArgentinaElsevier B.V.2017-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/47668Di Tella, Rafael; Freira, Lucía; Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Shalom, Diego; et al.; Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events; Elsevier B.V.; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; 10-20170167-2681CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.10.005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:53:11Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/47668instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:53:11.649CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
title Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
spellingShingle Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
Di Tella, Rafael
Biological Markers
Crime
Desensitization
Experiment
Victimization
title_short Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
title_full Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
title_fullStr Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
title_full_unstemmed Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
title_sort Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Di Tella, Rafael
Freira, Lucía
Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
Shalom, Diego
Sigman, Mariano
author Di Tella, Rafael
author_facet Di Tella, Rafael
Freira, Lucía
Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
Shalom, Diego
Sigman, Mariano
author_role author
author2 Freira, Lucía
Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
Shalom, Diego
Sigman, Mariano
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biological Markers
Crime
Desensitization
Experiment
Victimization
topic Biological Markers
Crime
Desensitization
Experiment
Victimization
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated participants watch a series of real, crime-related videos (while the control group watches non-crime-related videos). Not previously victimized participants exposed to the treatment video show significant changes in cortisol level, heart rate, and measures of cognitive control. Instead, previously victimized individuals who are exposed to the treatment video show biological markers and cognitive performance comparable to those measured in individuals exposed to the control video. These results suggest a phenomenon of desensitization or habituation of victims to crime exposure.
Fil: Di Tella, Rafael. Harvard Business School;
Fil: Freira, Lucía. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Shalom, Diego. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Argentina
description We study desensitization to crime in a lab experiment by showing footage of criminal acts to a group of subjects, some of whom have been previously victimized. We measure biological markers of stress and behavioral indices of cognitive control before and after treated participants watch a series of real, crime-related videos (while the control group watches non-crime-related videos). Not previously victimized participants exposed to the treatment video show significant changes in cortisol level, heart rate, and measures of cognitive control. Instead, previously victimized individuals who are exposed to the treatment video show biological markers and cognitive performance comparable to those measured in individuals exposed to the control video. These results suggest a phenomenon of desensitization or habituation of victims to crime exposure.
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Di Tella, Rafael; Freira, Lucía; Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Shalom, Diego; et al.; Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events; Elsevier B.V.; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; 10-2017
0167-2681
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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identifier_str_mv Di Tella, Rafael; Freira, Lucía; Gálvez, Ramiro Heraclio; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Shalom, Diego; et al.; Crime and violence: Desensitization in victims to watching criminal events; Elsevier B.V.; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; 10-2017
0167-2681
CONICET Digital
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