Why longer prison terms fail to serve a specific deterrent effect: an empirical assessment on the remembered severity of imprisonment

For a prison sentence to exert a specific deterrent effect, the ultimate question is that imprisonment is remembered as aversive once the offender is released, and is contemplating future criminal activities. Drawing on insights from social psychology and cognition, this study assessed (1) how inmat...

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Main Author: Raaijmakers, Ellen A. C. (Author)
Contributors: Keijser, Jan Willem de ; Nieuwbeerta, Paul ; Dirkzwager, Anja J. E.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2017]
In: Psychology, crime & law
Year: 2017, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-55
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Imprisonment
Memories
Severity
Specific deterrence
Subjective experience