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Behavior
Investigators at University of Maryland release new data on behavior
April 11th, 2009
"Since philosophers Beccaria and Bentham, criminologists have been concerned with predicting how governmental attempts to maintain lawful behavior affect subsequent rates of criminal violence. In this article, we build on prior research to argue that governmental responses to a specific form of criminal violence-terrorism-may produce both a positive deterrence effect (i.e., reducing future incidence of prohibited behavior) and a negative backlash effect (i.e., increasing future incidence of prohibited behavior)," researchers in the United States report. "Deterrence-based models have long dominated both criminal justice and counterterrorist policies on responding to...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-04-11)
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