Jefferson and Madison's successful deterrence of piratical African regimes.
Discrimination would be even more widespread without the continuing and critical deterrence of the preclearance requirement.
And the nature of deterrence, of course, is that you change the rules".
The backlog of traffic infractions is already so daunting that it compromises enforcement (and the deterrence of bad driving).
There will be no peace for the dead — and no deterrence of future disasters — until there is a criminal investigation.
If it equates long range strategic missiles with deterrence of China, and stirs up further hostility, it could be sorely mistaken".
Such prevention of mutually beneficial transactions is generally considered bad (though the deterrence of actions which hurt third parties such as pollution is an exception).
According to utilitarian theories, punishment is justified by its deterrence of criminal behaviour and by its other beneficial consequences for individuals as well as for society.
There would be deterrence of a kind between Iran and Israel, he conceded, based on the old theory of mutually assured destruction, or MAD.
Re "Sue, but Don't Prosecute," by Dick Thornburgh (Op-Ed, Sept. 20): An important factor in the deterrence of corporate misconduct is the stigma of criminal conviction.
The prime minister said the government was consulting relevant parties on how to use penalties to improve the deterrence of phone use while driving.
