Modelling Norms

Corinna Elsenbroich is a Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Surrey. Her research background is in philosophy of science and computer science. Her research interests are the methodology of simulation in the social sciences and the interrelations between reasoning, decision making and action which will here be applied to the theory of crime and morality. Nigel Gilbert is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey. He is the author or editor of some 18 books and numerous papers. His main interests are in the application of agent-basedmodels to a wide range of social and ecological problem areas, and the methodology of computational social science.

From the reviews: "It serves as a very nice introduction to the literature on modeling social norms ... . The book ... does a nice job balancing between discussing the theory of norms and the particular challenges brought on by modeling social phenomena. ... the book is both a pleasant read and a very nice introduction to the literature." (Ryan Muldoon, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 17 (1), 2014)

• Introduction.- Theorising Norms.- Theorising Crime.- Agent-based Modelling.- The Environment and Social Norms.- Punishment and Social Norms.- Imitation and Social Norms.- Socially Situated Social Norms.- Internalisation and Social Norms.- Modelling Norms.- Delinquent Networks.- Social Construction of Knowledge.- Morality.- We-Intentionality.- Conclusion.- Index.