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“Some Brief Observations on the Significance of Deterrence in Braithwaite’s ‘Pre-empting Terrorism”

Findlay, Mark
June 4, 2015

Source: (2005) Crimminal Justice. 17: 120-121

The regulatory model preferred by John Braithwaite, over what he sees as ‘crude’ criminal justice or war models for preventing and controlling terrorism, has its own limitations. These limitations evidence in the model’s essential reliance on, and confidence in, deterrence. Even in Braithwaite’s discussion of escalation and de-escalation, these concepts measure deterrence strategies. (excerpt)

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