deterrence in the PONS Dictionary

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The object of criminal justice is both reformation and deterrence.
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The stated goals of the broadcasts were the deterrence of future crime and improved public scrutiny of jail procedures.
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This procedure strengthened discipline in the unit, by a process of deterrence, and helped inure inexperienced soldiers to the sight of death.
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Deterrence is the only thing that can have any effect on the actual crime rate.
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This is a challenge, as deterrence is, by definition, a strategy of limited means.
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The prevention of crises of wars however is not the only aim of deterrence.
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While the spiral model presumes that states are fearful of each other, the deterrence model is based on the belief that states are greedy.
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These tasks are carried out by way of public audits, fraud deterrence procedures, and other sort of internal control, corruption prevention, and ombudsman activities.
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Yet one of the reasons group living has evolved in nature is because of the benefit this strategy has on predator deterrence.
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Other predator deterrence effects of group living, as described below, may cause the overall attack rate for the entire group to decrease.
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