☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Specific Deterrence

The goal of criminal punishment aimed at discouraging the individual offender from committing future crimes through the experience of punishment.

Etymology: English compound · Category: Criminal Sentencing · Source: Bentham, 'Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation' (1789)
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