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TOWARD A MACRO‐SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF GENERAL DETERRENCE
Author(s) -
BANKSTON WILLIAM B.,
CRAMER JAMES A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1974.tb00635.x
Subject(s) - deterrence (psychology) , normative , macro , certainty , interpretation (philosophy) , criminology , sociological theory , positive economics , phenomenon , sociology , deterrence theory , economics , epistemology , law , political science , computer science , social science , philosophy , programming language
This paper is focused on the problem of general deterrence as a macro‐sociological phenomenon. An attempt has been made to integrate existing literature into a set of testable hypotheses Three perspectives on general deterrence are examined, including the classical school of criminology and the positions of Durkheim and Sumner. The variables of certainty and seventy, type of threatened behavior, latent deterrent functions of legal threats, and normative structure are discussed. It is suggested that compliance rates may be used as an empirical index of general deterrence .