Sentence examples for deterring violence from inspiring English sources

In addition to complementarity, two further conditions are important for deterring violence over time.

Despite the higher support for stricter gun laws, many Americans do not think the changes would be very effective at deterring violence.

He said the United Nations as a whole was determined to look ahead, focusing on deterring violence rather than waiting to react to it.

The women — Rachel Weldon, Esther Robinson and Rebekah Schiller — had filed a memorandum of law in criminal court saying that wearing the balaclavas was a form of protected expression and that the stated purpose of the mask law, "deterring violence and facilitating the apprehension of wrongdoers," was not served by applying it to peaceful protesters.

In court papers filed on Wednesday (see also below), Norman Siegel and other lawyers wrote that wearing the balaclavas was a form of protected expression and that the purpose of the mask prohibition law –– "deterring violence and facilitating the apprehension of wrongdoers" –– was not served by applying it to peaceful protesters.

Nearly one million refugees had fled Kosovo, and part of KFOR's mandate was to protect the humanitarian missions, in addition to deterring violence.

The presence of cameras, now on both Palestinian and Israeli sides, has deterred violence and abuse.

Prison is how society deters violence: the prospect of going to horrible prisons like this.

When relatively mobile groups (e.g. immigrants) are vulnerable, a credible threat to leave can deter violence.

The New Mexico Sheriffs' and Police Association opposed repeal, saying capital punishment deterred violence against police officers, jailers and prison guards.

Despite these very real problems, the presence and persistence of the observers can deter violence and encourage non-violent protest.