TY - RPRT AU - Entorf, Horst TI - Certainty and Severity of Sanctions in Classical and Behavioral Models of Deterrence: A Survey PY - 2012/Apr/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 6516 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6516 AB - This survey summarizes the classical fundamentals of modern deterrence theory, covers major theoretical and empirical findings on the impact of certainty and severity of punishment (and the interplay thereof) as well as underlying methodological problems, gives an overview of limitations and extensions motivated by recent findings of behavioral economics and discusses 'rational' deterrence strategies in subcultural societies. KW - behavioral economics KW - economics of crime KW - deterrence KW - survey ER -