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- Title
THE PREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF THE PERCEIVED RISK OF ARREST: TESTING AN EXPANDED CONCEPTION OF DETERRENCE.
- Authors
Nagin, Daniel S.; Paternoster, Raymond
- Abstract
In a reexamination of the perceptual deterrence literature, Williams and Hawkins (1986) have suggested that previous tests of the deterrence doctrine have been guided by too narrow a conception of the deterrence process. In essence, they argue that the preventive mechanisms are triggered by formal sanctions should be included in the accounting of the deterrent effect of formal sanctions. In this paper, we test this expanded conception of deterrence. We find little evidence to support the argument of Williams and Hawkins. Alternative interpretations of the results and future directions for research are discussed.
- Subjects
DETERRENCE (Military strategy); ARREST; CRIMINAL act; CRIMINAL law; CRIMINAL justice system; MILITARY policy
- Publication
Criminology, 1991, Vol 29, Issue 4, p561
- ISSN
0011-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.1991.tb01080.x