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Beyond Deterrence: Strategies of Focus and Fairness

Wed, Nov 15, 12:30 to 1:50pm, Marriott, Franklin 11, 4th Floor

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

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A growing literature shows that focused deterrence approaches have a powerful impact on crime control outcomes. Focused deterrence approaches also aspire to do better than traditional crime control approaches at minimizing the collateral consequences of enforcement, building partnerships with communities, and enhancing police legitimacy. These matters are crucially important. If recent criminal justice practice has taught us anything, it is that looking only at crime control while neglecting other outcomes and values can go terribly wrong. New findings suggest that focused deterrence can have impact on areas such as public contact with the criminal justice system, collective efficacy, and the perceived legitimacy of the police and the law. This complete thematic panel will discuss four papers that address these important, but less often evaluated, benefits of focused deterrence strategies.

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