deterrence

deterrence
In criminology or the sociology of the military , deterrent and preventive measures can overlap, since both aim to discourage certain acts or place restrictions on the rational choices of others. The threat of imprisonment or of nuclear escalation are held to be deterrents and hence preventive of crime or nuclear war. In relation to crime, the threat of arrest, trial, conviction, and punishment is viewed as a general deterrent. Deterrence, as a general objective, is also invoked to justify punishment. Imprisonment is assumed to be a powerful deterrent but its effectiveness in persuading potential offenders to avoid crime is disputed. However, prison also seeks to reform, and may be said to deter crime if an individual commits no further crime after release. Nevertheless, in most modern penal systems, recidivism is high.

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