Publications
The People versus Behavioral Science: Alignment between lay and scientific understanding of compliance
Reinders Folmer, C. P., Kuiper, M. E., & van Rooij, B. (2026). The People versus Behavioral Science: Alignment between lay and scientific understanding of compliance. PloS one, 21(1), e0338675.
How legal punishment affects crime: An integrated understanding of the law’s punitive behavioral mechanisms
van Rooij, B., Kuiper, M. E., & Piquero, A. R. (2025). How legal punishment affects crime: An integrated understanding of the law’s punitive behavioral mechanisms. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 21.
The science of honesty: A review and research agenda
Shalvi, S., Levine, E. E., Thielmann, I., Jayawickreme, E., Van Rooij, B., Teodorescu, K., … & Ritov, I. (2025). The science of honesty: A review and research agenda. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 72, 241-327.
Enthusiast or Skeptic? Social Science Consciousness Amongst Legal Practitioners
Kuiper, M. E., Van Rooij, B., & Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2025). Enthusiast or Skeptic? Social Science Consciousness Amongst Legal Practitioners. International Journal of Law in Context, 3, 473 – 493.
There Is No Quick Fix: Compliance Officers’ Views on Organizational Behavioral Change
Kuiper, M. E. (2025). There Is No Quick Fix: Compliance Officers’ Views on Organizational Behavioral Change. Journal of Business Ethics.
Can Criminology Sway the Public? How empirical findings about deterrence affect public punishment preferences
Rose, B., Kuiper, M. E., Reinders Folmer, C. P., & Van Rooij, B. (2024). Can Criminology Sway the Public? How empirical findings about deterrence affect public punishment preferences. Crime Science, 13, 24.
Situational Voluntary Compliance: Adherence to COVID-19 Social Distancing Guidelines in Beijing
Liu, N., Reinders Folmer, C.P., Lo, C.W.H., & Van Rooij, B. (2023). Situational Voluntary Compliance: Adherence to COVID-19 Social Distancing Guidelines in Beijing. China Review, 23(3), 31-69.
Cross-Theoretical Compliance: An Integrative Compliance Analysis of COVID-19 Mitigation Responses in Israel
De Bruijn, A.L., Feldman, Y., Kuiper, M.E., Brownlee, M., Reinders Folmer, C.P., Kooistra, E.B., Olthuis, E., Fine, A., & Van Rooij, B. (2023). Cross-Theoretical Compliance: An Integrative Compliance Analysis of COVID-19 Mitigation Responses in Israel. Administration & Society, 55(4), 635-670.
A network approach to compliance: A complexity science understanding of how rules shape
behavior
Kuiper, M.E., Chambon, M., de Bruijn, A.L., Reinders Folmer, C.P., Olthuis, E., Brownlee, M., Kooistra, E.B., Fine, A., van Harreveld, F., & Van Rooij, B. (2023). A Network Approach to Compliance: A Complexity Science Understanding of How Rules Shape Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 184(2), 479-504.
Holistic Behavioral Jurisprudence: Unpacking the Complexity of Law and Behavior
van Rooij, B. (2023). Holistic Behavioral Jurisprudence: Unpacking the Complexity of Law and Behavior. Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, 28(1), 95-111.
Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention
B. van Rooij & M. Rorie (2022). Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention. Cambridge University Press.
Measuring Compliance: The Challenges in Assessing and Understanding the Interaction between Law and Organizational Misconduct
Van Rooij, B., & Rorie, M. (2022). Measuring Compliance: The Challenges in Assessing and Understanding the Interaction between Law and Organizational Misconduct. In B. van Rooij & M. Rorie (Eds.), Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention (pp. 1-24). Cambridge University Press.
Admitting Noncompliance: Interview Strategies for Assessing Undetected Legal Deviance
Van Rooij, B., & Rorie, M. (2022). Admitting Noncompliance: Interview Strategies for Assessing Undetected Legal Deviance. In B. van Rooij & M. Rorie (Eds.), Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention (pp. 202-217). Cambridge University Press.
Compliance Ethnography: What Gets Lost in Compliance Measurement
Van Rooij, B., Wu, Y., & Na, L. (2022). Compliance Ethnography: What Gets Lost in Compliance Measurement. In B. van Rooij & M. Rorie (Eds.), Measuring Compliance: Assessing Corporate Crime and Misconduct Prevention (pp. 218-241). Cambridge University Press.
The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
Van Rooij, Benjamin, and Daniel D. Sokol, eds. 2021. The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Substance abuse, self-control and crime
Kooistra, E. 2021. Substance abuse, self-control and crime. In B. van Rooij & D. Sokol (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance (pp. 499-515). Cambridge University Press.
Crowding-out Effects of Laws, Policies and Incentives on Compliant Behaviour
Reinders Folmer, C. P. (2021). Crowding-out Effects of Laws, Policies and Incentives on Compliant Behaviour. In B. van Rooij & D. Sokol (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance (pp. 326-340). Cambridge University Press.
Organizational Factors and Workplace Deviance: Influences of Abusive Supervision, Dysfunctional Employees, and Toxic Work Environment
De Bruin, A. L. (2021). Organizational Factors and Workplace Deviance: Influences of Abusive Supervision, Dysfunctional Employees, and Toxic Work Environment. In B. van Rooij & D. Sokol (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance (pp. 639-661). 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.