Legal Sanctions Have a Greater Deterrent Effect on Instrumental Crimes

question 37

True/False

Legal sanctions have a greater deterrent effect on instrumental crimes than on expressive crimes.

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Definitions:

Majority Voting

A decision-making process where the option that receives more than half of the votes cast by eligible participants wins.

Median Voter

A theoretical concept suggesting that the outcome of a majority vote is likely to reflect the preferences of the median, or middle, voter when preferences are aligned along a single dimension.

Election Outcome

The result of a voting process in which a person or proposal is selected among a set of candidates or options.

Deregulation

The removal of most or even all of the government regulation and laws designed to supervise an industry. Sometimes undertaken to combat regulatory capture.