Specific deterrence and incapacitation are two important methods for preventing already convicted offenders from committing crimes in the future. Specific deterrence has the goal to focus on the individuals and their future behavior. This methods wants to prevent offenders from committing future deviant actions by the imposition of punishments that negates pleasure of any kind or advantages gained by the participation in criminal activity. Incapacitation has the goal to prevent future crimes…
that will be explored in this essay is the routine activity theory and general deterrence theory. Both theories are said to posses in-depth information as to why juveniles are comfortable in committing crimes and how the corrections system believe they can stop this ongoing trends. Routine activity theory states that crime is not related to social handicaps such as poverty and inequality. Whereas, general deterrence theory states that punishment is an excellent technique to discourage people…
Texas, who has the highest execution rate, is used to determine whether or not the executions in this state are effective in deterrence of crime. Richard Dieter feels that the execution rate in Texas is a crisis (1994). Numerous offenders who have been sentenced to the death penalty have been later found innocent of the crimes they were accused of committing. The death warrants are signed so quickly that the investigations are not given a fair amount of consideration. During trials the corrupted…
The deterrence theory is a concept founded on individuals controlling their behavior based on the perceived punishments or rewards of their actions. Deterrence is not a new concept; it has been prominent in societies dating back centuries, such as decimation, cutting off the hand of a thief, crucifixion, and public executions (Ball, 1955). Current third world countries are not as humane as the United States and practice harsh, tortuous punishments to deter individuals from committing crime…
People who advocate for capital punishment support deterrence, retribution, and incapacitation. The belief that society can stop crime by making punishment more severe than the benefits gained from criminal acts is the ideology of deterrence. (Sunstein& Vermeule, 2005, p.5) There are two types of deterrence. Specific deterrence aimed at deterring individual offenders from re-offending and general deterrence aimed at making “an example” of an offender to deter future offenders…
they must be deterred by a form of specific and general deterrence. Any kind of deterrence has 3 main properties; severity, certainty and celerity (Sacco and Kennedy, 2010). Severity refers to the seriousness of the penalty, certainty is the reference to the likelihood of being punished for act and celerity is the swiftness in which the offender is apprehended and punished (Clark, 1988) (Sacco and Kennedy, 2010). Furthermore, specific deterrence is the way individuals are deterred from…
Deterrence is the Utilitarian approach to punishment and could justify the moral argument for the punishment of offenders. The belief is that there is a certain system that is designed to deter criminal behaviour and that crimes must be dealt with robustly. There are two main types of deterrence, individual and general deterrence. Individual deterrence is concerned with the offender itself in committing criminal acts and the psychological thinking as opposed to general deterrence which is a…
In 1975 Andenaes defined deterrence as “influencing by fear”. In other words, potential offenders decide not to commit a crime because of the fear of apprehension or punishment. The chance of deterrence increases as the threat of punishment increases. A crime does not have to occur her just the diversion of future offender’s activities. Deterrence is a significant portion of crime prevention and a cornerstone of the criminal justice system. When it comes to deterrence it can be broken down into…
The nuclear deterrence theory is a common term used in international relations. This theory gained prominence during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons. Nuclear deterrence in short means to deter one state from attacking another with its nuclear weapons, that is, the state is discouraged from attacking. As a result of its extreme destructive power, nuclear weapons could deter more powerful adversaries. The nuclear deterrence theory is and has always been a theory that many…
The deterrence crime theory means to ensure that people are aware of the tough punishments that they risk receiving when they are committing a crime. It is meant to counterbalance the huge benefits that people associate with crime as people do not have to put so much effort in what they do. Deterrence is divided into various categories and it they inform on the specific strategy which is going to be used. Specific deterrence is meant to deter specific crime, while general deterrence covers…