Focused Deterrence Theory

The focused deterrence theory is having a direct approach with offenders to help prevent violence and have a stronger response to the ones committing crimes by pulling all legal levers against them. The focus tends to be for high offenders which are drug dealers and gang members. Gangs are notified that violence is not to be tolerated and if violence still happens then serious measures will bring a certain and immediate response. It is used to put a perimeter in the views of offenders. This helps prevent future organizations from forming due to the impact of the severity of punishments that await any offenders. This helps keep gangs and drug dealers under low profile and help keep the streets cleaner. These specific crimes are less likely to happen. Unlike the focused deterrence theory, the “regular” deterrence has a broader target rather than just drugs and gangs. Deterrence deters people from committing all types of crimes and is targeted to gain retribution of offenders committing crimes. The way it does punishment isn’t like the focused deterrence theory pulling all the legal levers and giving the biggest punishment, the way that plain deterrence works is matching the level of punishment to the level of crime committed. Kennedy’s
Also got written down all the calls the city had for shots-fired towards citizens’ calls. The problem-oriented policing can be strong and effective in controlling these aspects of crime and controlling disorder problems with the city. This made focused deterrence incredibly strong against the perpetrators and gangs. The strategies that Kennedy attempted created credible threats and had a reason to put out a deterrence approach to gangs and drug users. It worked out because gangs their key players began to talk to the community and make arrangements to help stop the