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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Authors: Kleck, Gary 1951- (Author) ; Sever, Brion (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York London Routledge 2018
In:Year: 2018
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Keywords:
Punishment in crime deterrence
Punishment > Philosophy
Punishment ; Philosophy
Strafe > Abschreckung > Kriminalität > Prävention
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 1629582956
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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.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 333 Seiten)
ISBN:9781315142258
DOI:10.4324/9781315142258