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GCSE History · key term
Discouraging people from committing crimes through fear of punishment.
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Discouraging an opponent from attacking by making the likely consequences too costly or dangerous.
Revise: Military RivalriesThe purpose was deterrence: an opponent might avoid attacking because the consequences would be too destructive. Yet this did not make nuclear rivalry safe. Threats of retaliation increased the stakes of a confrontation, while mistrust and miscalculation could still lead to war.
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Discouraging people from committing crimes through the threat or experience of punishment.
Revise: Factors Affecting ChangeIf people believe that harsh treatment will frighten others into obeying the law, they are likely to favour deterrence. If they believe that offenders can change, they may support rehabilitation through education, training and help with personal problems. These purposes can exist together: a society does not have to choose only one.
The use of punishment to discourage crime by making people fear its consequences.
Discouraging crime by making people fear the consequences of offending.
The use of punishment to discourage the offender or other people from committing crimes.
Discouraging crime by making people fear the consequences of breaking the law.
Discouraging people from committing offences by increasing their fear of being detected or facing consequences.
Discouraging an opponent from attacking by making the likely consequences of an attack unacceptable.
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Discouraging an opponent from taking action by making the likely costs, such as military retaliation, seem unacceptable.
An attempt to prevent an attack by making an opponent fear the consequences of retaliation, including retaliation with nuclear weapons.
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A punishment intended to discourage an offender or other people from committing crimes.
Revise: Punishing offendersIn medieval Britain, c.1250–c.1500, punishment commonly aimed at retribution and deterrence. Retribution meant making an offender suffer because they were thought to deserve it. Deterrence meant discouraging further crime, both by the offender and by anyone who witnessed the punishment.
The use of punishment to discourage an offender or other people from committing crimes.
Discouraging offending through the fear of punishment.
Distinguish deterrence from brinkmanship: deterrence discourages attack, whereas brinkmanship pushes a confrontation towards war to force an opponent to retreat.
Distinguish the aim from the method: deterrence and retribution are aims; fines, corporal punishment and capital punishment are methods.
Do not claim that rehabilitation completely replaced deterrence and retribution. Punishments could serve several purposes.
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