The distance of a point from y-axis measured along the x-axis is called abscissa or x coordinate of the point and the distance of a point from x-axis measured along the y-axis is called ordinate.
In addition, neuropsychological... Rational choice theory and its assumptions about human behavior have been integrated into numerous criminological theories and criminal justice interventions. Rational choice theory originated during the late 18th century with the work of Cesare Beccaria.
trine. The link between deterrence and rational choice has since be-come well-established in the literature.7 B. DETERRENCE AND RATIONAL CHOICE AS SPECIAL CASES OF SOCIAL LEARNING PRINCIPLES Neither deterrence nor rational choice theory is a general or complete model of criminal behavior. The central concepts and propositions in each-fear of legal punishment in deterrence theory and the reward/cost balance (or expected utility function) in ra-tional choice theory-are subsumable under the more general dif-