The Empirical Status of Deterrence Theory: A Meta-Analysis

By Travis C. Pratt, F. Cullen, K. Blevins, L. Daigle, Tamara D. Madensen. 2006

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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A review and analysis of deterrence theory in the IS security literature: making sense of the disparate findings (2011, background): “…of studies with composite indices to those with offensespecific items support this generalized notion of deterrence theory in that the former produced consistently larger inverse correlations between the deterrence constructs and criminal/deviant behavior (Paternoster, 1987; Pratt et al, 2006).”
A self-control/life-course theory of criminal behavior (2016, background): “criminal behavior disappoint loved ones (Antonaccio and Tittle, 2008; Tibetts and Meyers, 1999), they are less likely to think they are going to get caught if they break the law (Pratt et al., 2006), and if they do get caught they are more likely to think that they were just supremely”
Perceived Risk of Internet Theft Victimization (2009, background): “Indeed, evidence suggests that the perceptions of such negative consequences are to a large extent the result of one’s experiences with either getting away with, or not getting away with, risky behavior in the past (Paternoster, 1987; Pratt et al., 2006).”
Morality, Self-Control, Deterrence, and Drug Use (2014, background): “However, Pratt et al. (2006) suggest that although the overall effect of sanction threat on individual behavior is not great, it is important to specify the conditions under which deterrence is influential.”
The final frontier of anti-doping: A study of athletes who have committed doping violations (2015, background): “In fact, the theory is now widely acknowledged as being largely ‘wrong’ (Pratt et al., 2006).”
Obeying the Rules of the Road (2015, background): “While the extent to which the severity of potential punishments affects people’s choices is open to considerable doubt (Pratt et al. 2006), suggesting that increasing the fines available to magistrates for speeding will have little effect, a rational-choice perspective posits that behavior can be in”
The Deterrence Spectrum: Explaining Why Police Body-Worn Cameras ‘Work’ or ‘Backfire’ in Aggressive Police–Public Encounters (2018, background): “…(3) believe that there is a non-negligible likelihood of being caught; (4) believe that any altered penalty will be applied to him/ her if caught; and (5) be willing to alter choices in the light of (1) (Von Hirsch et al., 1999; Pratt et al., 2006; Paternoster, 2010; Pratt and Turanovic, 2016).”
TESTING A BAYESIAN LEARNING THEORY OF DETERRENCE AMONG SERIOUS JUVENILE OFFENDERS (2011, background): “For complete reviews of this line of research, see Nagin (1998), Pratt et al. (2006), and Wikström (2007).”