Calibrating Student Perceptions of Punishment: a Specific Test of General Deterrence

General deterrence theory assumes objective risks of punishment and citizens’ perceptions of punishment risks are closely calibrated. Yet little empirical attention has been devoted to testing this assumption. Of the few studies that exist, most have tested the calibration with county-level indicato...

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Authors: Nixon, Timothy S. (Author) ; Barnes, J. C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2019, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 430-456
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