1861; see deterrent + -ence.

disincentive: a negative motivational influence determent: a communication that makes you afraid to try something the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fea [..]

Dissuasion of a potential adversary from initiating an attack or conflict by the threat of retaliation.

The actions of a state or group of states to dissuade a potential adversary from initiating an attack or conflict through the credible threat of retaliation. To be effective, a deterrence strategy sho [..]

The degree to which a plant defense is able to reduce damage during a choice test (in which a natural enemy is able to choose between defended and undefended plants). © 2010 by Nature Educatio [..]

The idea that punishment will stop a person or deter them from engaging in the same behaviour.

Disuasión

efforts of an actor to dissuade the opponent from doing something considered against the actor's interests by making the costs of action outweigh the benefits with threat of punishment, the implicit or explicit purpose of this strategy was to avoid actually fighting war (also see defence)

A countermeasure strategy intended to prevent or discourage the occurrence of a breach of security by means of fear or doubt.

the inhibition of criminal behavior by fear esp. of punishment

So where do you stand, Senator, on deterrence at schools? You know, is it legal for a person caught in one of these media-hyped killing sprees to shoot back if they are able? Is there any limit on the [..]

Deterrence refers to the act of discouraging or preventing something. For example, in criminal law, the punishments assigned to the commission of crimes are designed to prevent criminals from committi [..]

(n) a negative motivational influence(n) a communication that makes you afraid to try something(n) the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or a [..]

Same as impedance.

The doctrine of deterrence is based upon a nation’s ability to inflict unacceptable damage to any adversary such that it will deter them from attack. Some analysts hold that rogue state dictators are [..]

Empirical economic analyses of deterrence attempt to test the central prediction of Becker's (1968) rational-actor model of criminal behaviour: that less ...

In both its classical and modern versions the economic theory of crime is predicated on ‘the deterrence hypothesis’ – the assumption that potential and ...

The idea that criminal punishments will prevent future crimes because the offenders have learned from their punishments (specific deterrence), and society learns from the example of the punished (gene [..]

Disincentive to commit a crime; an effect of arrest and incarceration. (ch. 8, p. 214); A philosophical approach to crime that focuses on what forms of punishment are necessary to prevent crime from h [..]

The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred. Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action. The art of producing in one's e [..]