Deterrence is a theory which claims that punishment is justified through preventing future crimes, and is one of the oldest and most powerful theories about punishment. The argument that punishment ought to secure crime reduction occupies a central place in criminal justice policy and is the site for much debate. Should the state deter offenders through the threat of punishment? What available evidence is there about the effectiveness of deterrence? Is deterrence even possible? This volume brings together the leading work on deterrence from the dominant international figures in the field. Deterrence is examined from various critical perspectives, including its diversity, relation with desert, the relation of deterrence with incapacitation and prevention, the role deterrence has played in debates over the death penalty, and deterrence and corporate crime.
| ISBN: | 9781409451211 |
| Publication date: | 28th May 2014 |
| Author: | Thom Brooks |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 540 pages |
| Series: | Crime and Punishment : Critical Essays in Legal Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Methods, theory and philosophy of law Crime and criminology |
Deterrence is a theory which claims that punishment is justified through preventing future crimes, and is one of the oldest and most powerful theories about punishment. The argument that punishment ought to secure crime reduction occupies a central place in criminal justice policy and is the site for much debate. Should the state deter offenders through the threat of punishment? What available evidence is there about the effectiveness of deterrence? Is deterrence even possible? This volume brings together the leading work on deterrence from the dominant international figures in the field. Deterrence is examined from various critical perspectives, including its diversity, relation with desert, the relation of deterrence with incapacitation and prevention, the role deterrence has played in debates over the death penalty, and deterrence and corporate crime.
Deterrence features in the following genres: Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Social law and Medical law, Crime and criminology
Deterrence is available in Hardback
Deterrence was written by Thom Brooks and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Deterrence has 540 pages
Yes it is part of Crime and Punishment : Critical Essays in Legal Philosophy series
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