She told the defendant that "serious crimes warrant serious penalties", and that a significant prison sentence was required for "purposes of general deterrence".

As was pointed out, purposes are generally thought to be individual deterrence, general deterrence, punishment or just deserts, retribution and rehabilitation.

We need to kill you, because you're bad in your own right, and it also serves the broader purpose of general deterrence.'

In its attack on tax shelters the government is using a strategy known as general deterrence.

If one party attempts to control another by punishing a third (e.g. general deterrence), it is a form of vicarious social control.

She also has to tailor the sentence to the public but not make too much of it as general deterrence.

The deterrence mechanism can be divided into two categories, individual deterrence and general deterrence.

But short of such extreme situations, it seems that what punishments are actually inflicted on offenders makes little difference to general deterrence.

As with general deterrence, it is difficult on the evidence to make very strong claims about the effectiveness of denunciation.

The main sentencing aims reflected in the tariff are those of general deterrence, retribution and, possibly, denunciation.