Deterrence and crime prevention
Subtitle: reconsidering the prospect of sanction
By: David M. Kennedy.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415774154; 9780203892022
Subjects: Crime prevention; Punishment in crime deterrence; Sanctions, Administrative
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Does deterrence work?; title: How and do criminals think? The classical deterrence framework and the meaning of rationality; title: Some implications of the subjectivity of deterrence; title: Initial reflections : from within the traditional framework; title: Crime and criminal justice practice : the context of deterrence; title: The criminogenic implications of official practice; title: Reflections II : amending the deterrence framework; title: Reframing deterrence; title: Applications I : eliminating overt drug markets-the "high point" strategy; title: Applications II : a thought experiment-the framework of a deterrence approach to domestic violence; title: Listening to Lysistrata.