To what extent does the law deter individuals through its penalties, and to what extent does it do so through their internal conviction of the need for a regulated society?
The law is certainly necessary to lay out what is acceptable and what isn't for the citizens of a country. This distinction is necessary to ensure internal order and to guide citizens on the right way to live as members of society. However, the law isn't always a successful tool of deterrence. This is because when a criminal commits a crime, he/she is not thinking about the severity of the punishment in case they are caught but instead are more concerned about how likely they are to be caught. This is why despite the death penalty, heinous crimes continue to occur around the world. This is also a reason why the death penalty has been abolished either by law or by practice by the majority of the nations today. Better supervision, reducing the negative influence of social factors such as economic inequality, and regulating access to alcohol, among other factors, are more successful approaches to reducing crime.
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[Sanction definition: is a punitive measure that the law imposes for the performance of an act that is proscribed or for the failure to perform a required act.
* Sanction has many purposes, one of them is deterrence.
* Sanction is the mean by which individuals are forced to respect the law and to prevent committing the crimes.
* Sanction could be used as a measure to manage nuclear security risks.]
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