Punishment and crime : the limits of punitive crime control /: the limits of punitive crime control. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary Kleck and Brion Sever.
• Authors: Kleck, Gary, 1951-; Sever, Brion
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.601; Punishment in crime deterrence; Punishment -- Philosophy; Punishment in crime deterrence; Punishment -- Philosophy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351392228; 1351392220
• Related ISBNs: 9781138307254; 1138307254; 9781138307261; 1138307262; 9781315142258
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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