What is Deterrence (legal)?
{{Unsourced|date=September 2015}} In [[law]], the term '''deterrence''' is used to describe the situation where [[punishment]] or [[threat]] is used to keep people from committing a [[crime]]. Both the person who committed a crime, as well as other people should be kept from committing that kind of crime. == Related pages == *[[Criminal law]] {{stub}} [[Category:Law enforcement]]