PROJECTED OFFENDING AND CONTEMPORANEOUS RULEVIOLATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR HETEROTYPIC CONTINUITY

This study integrated two methodologies, the vignette -based survey and the randomized laboratory experiment, to investigate the relationship between projected and actual offending behavior. Findings indicate that respondentsʹ estimates of the likelihood they would drive drunk in a hypothetical vignette were positively correlated with whether they simultaneously cheated on a laboratory task to earn a cash bonus. Implications are discussed for both the prospective measurement and heterotypic continuity of criminal and antisocial behavior.