Publications
The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
Van Rooij, Benjamin, and Daniel D. Sokol, eds. 2021. The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Behavioral jurisprudence: The quest for knowledge about the ex-ante function of law and behavior
Van Rooij, Benjamin (2020). Behavioral jurisprudence: The quest for knowledge about the ex-ante function of law and behavior. Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, 22(1), 57-77
Homo Juridicus: Questioning Legal Assumptions About Behavior
van Rooij, Benjamin and van Rooij, Benjamin, Homo Juridicus: Questioning Legal Assumptions About Behavior (January 24, 2020).
Does Tort Deter? Inconclusive Empirical Evidence about the Effect of Liability in Preventing Harmful Behaviour
Van Rooij, Benjamin and Brownlee, Megan, Does Tort Deter? Inconclusive Empirical Evidence about the Effect of Liability in Preventing Harmful Behaviour (March 29, 2020). Van Rooij, B., & Brownlee, M. Does Tort Deter? Inconclusive empirical evidence about the effect of liability in preventing harmful behavior. In B. Van Rooij & D. D. Sokol (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook on Compliance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2021 Forthcoming)
Compliance as the Interaction between Rules and Behavior
Van Rooij, Benjamin and Sokol, D. Daniel, Compliance as the Interaction between Rules and Behavior (March 28, 2020). Van Rooij, B., & Sokol, D. D. Compliance as the interaction between rules and behavior (Introduction to Cambridge Handbook of Compliance). In B. Van Rooij and D. Daniel Sokol (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Compliance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2021 Forthcoming).
Do People Know the Law? Empirical Evidence about Legal Knowledge and Its Implications for Compliance
Van Rooij, Benjamin, Do People Know the Law? Empirical Evidence about Legal Knowledge and Its Implications for Compliance (March 29, 2020). Van Rooij, B. ‘Do people know the law? Empirical evidence about legal knowledge and its implications for compliance’ in B. van Rooij & D. D. Sokol (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Compliance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2021 Forthcoming)
The Opportunity Approach to Compliance
Van Rooij, Benjamin and Fine, Adam, The Opportunity Approach to Compliance (March 29, 2020). Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. The Opportunity Approach to Compliance. In B. Van Rooij & D. D. Sokol (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook on Compliance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (2021 Forthcoming)
The Progressive Magazine: Give Preventative Justice a Chance
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2021, November 9). Give Preventative Justice a Chance. The Progressive Magazine.
Psychology Today: Behavioral Lessons from COVID-19
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2021, October 6). The Corporate Detox. Psychology Today.
The Behavioral Code: The hidden ways the law makes us better or worse
Van Rooij, Benjamin, and Adam Fine. 2021. The Behavioral Code: The hidden ways the law makes us better or worse. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Psychology Today: The Corporate Detox
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2021, October 6). The Corporate Detox. Psychology Today.
Psychology Today: How to Lower the Murder Rate
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2021, September 29). How to Lower the Murder Rate. Psychology Today.
The FinReg Blog: Measuring Compliance: Overcoming Four Challenges and Matching Method to Purpose
Rorie, M., & Van Rooij, B. (2021, September 28). Measuring Compliance: Overcoming Four Challenges and Matching Method to Purpose. The FinReg Blog
Psychology Today: Corona’s Behavioral Marathon
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2021, September 24). Corona’s Behavioral Marathon. Psychology Today.
Psychology Today: Why the Law Fails to Keep Us Safe
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2021). Why the Law Fails to Keep Us Safe. Psychology Today.
Los Angeles Times: Homicide is on the rise again, but now we know how to stop it
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2021, July 13). Homicide is on the rise again, but now we know how to stop it. Los Angeles Times.
Measuring Corporate Culture: A Warning
Van Rooij, B., & Van der Graaf, J. (2021). Measuring Corporate Culture: A Warning. Insight (published by the UK Financial Conduct Authority). Retrieved from
De Volkskrant: We zijn terecht gekomen in een vergeldingsspiraal, waarbij geen vragen meer worden beantwoord over hoe we criminaliteit kunnen voorkomen
Kuiper, M., & Van Rooij, B. (2021, February 21). We zijn terecht gekomen in een vergeldingsspiraal, waarbij geen vragen meer worden beantwoord over hoe we criminaliteit kunnen voorkomen. de Volkskrant.
The Hill: What happened to social distancing in America?
Van Rooij, B. v., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2020, October 23). What happened to social distancing in America? The Hill.
Trouw: Voor het verband tussen harder straffen en dalende criminaliteit is geen wetenschappelijk bewijs
Kuiper, M. E., & Rooij, B. (2020, October 15). Voor het verband tussen harder straffen en dalende criminaliteit is geen wetenschappelijk bewijs. Trouw.
The Hill: How to have less crime with less punishment
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2020, June 26). How to have less crime with less punishment. The Hill.
The Conversation: How to keep up social distancing after lockdown
Van Rooij, B., & Kooistra, E. B. (2020, May 14). How to keep up social distancing after lockdown. The Conversation.
Behavioral Scientist: How to Lock Down an Open Society
Van Rooij, B., & Fine, A. (2020, May 7). How to Lock Down an Open Society. Behavioral Scientist.
The Hill: Until there’s a cure social distancing will have to continue
Van Rooij, B. (2020, April 29). Until there’s a cure social distancing will have to continue. The Hill.