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deterrence

use of punishment as a threat to deter people from offending
Class type of: punishment, threat, technique Q332142

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
punishment, threat, technique, crime prevention
Depicted by
Incident[5]
Different from
deterrence theory[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en crime deterrence en deterrence en deterrence of crime en deterrence (penology) ar ردع (علم العقاب) cs odstrašení de Abschreckung fa اصل قانونی بودن جرم و مجازات fr dissuasion he הרתעה (משפטים) he הרתעת חסר he הרתעת יתר hu elrettentés id Penangkalan (penologi) it deterrenza ja 抑止 ja 抑止力 ja 犯罪抑止 nl afschrikking pl środki zapobiegawcze
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85109121
OpenAlex ID
C2780982575
BBC Things ID
23acf45a-1ffd-42ce-b0f5-fd50380d404d
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/deterrence-criminology, topic/general-deterrence
Freebase ID
/m/0c9_ly
Iconclass notation
54CC22
J9U entity ID
987007550912005171
Quora topic ID
Deterrence
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10640520
Wellcome Collection concept ID
cz7cazrj
Yale LUX ID
concept/13e3670c-cf12-4b08-89ff-fd4228626dec

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🔗 Connections
← Has use 5
weapon, car alarm, security camera, bitterant, fake security camera
Subclass of 4
punishment, technique, threat, crime prevention
← Has goal 2
closed-circuit television, security camera
Different from 1
deterrence theory
Subtypes 1
deterrence theory
← Different from 1
deterrence theory
← Fabrication method 1
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Summary

deterrence is a type of punishment[1], threat[2], technique[3], and crime prevention[4].

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → punishment, threat, technique +1
    Different from → deterrence theory
    Depicted by → Incident
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007550912005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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