Deterrence Failures

When it comes to deterrence I think that there is a difference between what is expected of the legal system and what the system actually delivers. We need to have deterrence but I don’t think we do a proper job in enforcing it. Paternoster talks about how we use sanction threats as a way to deter crime but it doesn’t change people’s minds. It’s hard to determine how strong of an effect threats can deter someone actions. Whether it’s someone who believes they’ll never be caught or they are thinking irrationally in the first place. We should come up with another form of deterrent instead of always resulting in punishment. Yet the more I read this article the more I begin to believe that deterrence might just be doomed to fail. I did however