This is what's broken about people's ability to assess risk and address crime:

" the problem still costs some 10,000 Americans their lives each year."

Imagine if terrorist bombings were killing the same number of people each year. Maybe a plane load every month or two. Would we ask the psychologists what might be a more effective way of deterring people from bombing things? Banning them from flying after they were caught carrying explosives through the airport doesn't seem to be working well enough.