[BOOK][B] Deterrence: The legal threat in crime control
FE Zimring, G Hawkins, J Vorenberg - 1973 - ojp.gov
Abstract BELIEF IN THE DETERRENT EFFICACY OF PENAL SANCTIONS IS AS OLD AS
CRIMINAL LAW ITSELF. UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY, HOWEVER, DISCUSSION OF
PUNISHMENT IN GENERAL AND DETERRENCE IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN IN THE
MAIN QUITE UNSCIENTIFIC. THE AUTHORS ESTABLISH A CONCEPTUAL AND
PHILOSOPHIC BASIS FOR THE FURTHER STUDY OF DETERRENCE AND DEFINE A
STRATEGY OF RESEARCH TO THAT END. THEY ARGUE THAT TIME AND EFFORT ARE …
CRIMINAL LAW ITSELF. UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY, HOWEVER, DISCUSSION OF
PUNISHMENT IN GENERAL AND DETERRENCE IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN IN THE
MAIN QUITE UNSCIENTIFIC. THE AUTHORS ESTABLISH A CONCEPTUAL AND
PHILOSOPHIC BASIS FOR THE FURTHER STUDY OF DETERRENCE AND DEFINE A
STRATEGY OF RESEARCH TO THAT END. THEY ARGUE THAT TIME AND EFFORT ARE …