Supporters of "law and order" argue that effective deterrence combined with incarceration is the most effective means of crime prevention.

We feel that if this Bill were enacted it would create an effective deterrence against corruption.

In 2005 an Israeli Army commission to study house demolitions found no proof of effective deterrence and concluded that the damage caused by the demolitions overrides its effectiveness.

To actually engage in effective deterrence, you also have to be able to recognize when you're under attack, and that's not exactly a simple thing.

He said the union "must believe that fundamental fairness matters, and that the penalties should be designed for effective deterrence, not for punishment for its own sake."

For example, while the threat of retaliation is essential to effective deterrence, it is not clear that actual retaliation would ever be a rational course of conduct.

The requirement of effective deterrence is potentially extremely harsh.

These new control theorists have mostly ignored the simplistic classical assumption that 'proportional punishment' will guarantee effective deterrence.

This problem needs to be solved as a matter of urgency if we really want effective deterrence in order to combat fraud.