RT Book T1 Punishment and crime: the limits of punitive crime control A1 Kleck, Gary 1951- A2 Sever, Brion LA English PP New York London PB Routledge YR 2018 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1629582956 AB Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theory : the mechanisms by which legal punishment might reduce crime -- Deterrence and the rational choice model of criminal behavior : the case of the disappearing theory -- General methodological problems in punishment research -- Individual-level research on general deterrence : the impact of perceptions of legal risk on criminal behavior -- Individual-level research on the effects of punishment on the punished : special deterrence -- Macro-level research on the effect of punishment levels -- The impact of capital punishment on murder rates -- The missing link between macro-level and individual-level effects : the impact of macro-level punishment levels on individual perceptions of legal risk -- Incapacitative effects of incarceration and the impact of imprisonment rates -- Crime-increasing effects of punishment -- Conclusions -- Index NO Includes index CN HV8693 SN 9781138307254 SN 9781138307261 K1 Punishment in crime deterrence K1 Punishment : Philosophy K1 Strafe : Abschreckung : Kriminalität : Prävention