Punishment and crime: the limits of punitive crime control
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 ge...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York London
Routledge
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 9174 |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 333 Seiten, Ilustrationen, 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-30725-4 978-1-138-30726-1 |
