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General Deterrence and Brutalization

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Author	Vito, Anthony G. Vito, Gennaro F.
Copyright Year	2017
Description	The criminal justice system is intended to follow the wants and needs of society. Societies have long shown a desire to use the death penalty. Levying a death sentence can serve as a deterrent for future offenders, but it should not be the main point of justice. From a public policy perspective, one of the main justifications for death penalty is deterrence. Deterrence theory suggests that swift, certain, and severe punishment reduces crime. Regardless of the social scientific evidence, there exist certain philosophical arguments in supporting and negating the death penalty as a deterrent. The philosopher Cesare Beccaria believed giving a person a life sentence better serves the needs of society. Research has shown that death penalty can have a brutalization effect on society, meaning that using the death penalty would increase the likelihood of more murders taking place. Two such variants of brutalization effect lend credence to view. One is "suicide-murder syndrome" and the other is "executioner syndrome". Book Name: Routledge Handbook on Capital Punishment
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Ending Page	182
Page Count	13
Starting Page	170
DOI	10.4324/9781315624723-10
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2017-12-15
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Routledge Handbook On Capital Punishment Society Deterrence Brutalization Death Penalty Philosopher Murder Justice Serves
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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