Discuss Deterrence and note the difference between specific deterrence and general deterrence

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Several aspects of the classical view are found in the juvenile justice system. Classical theory suggests that the threat of punishment will lower youths' tendency toward delinquency. If the punishment is severe enough, youths will avoid delinquent activity, a process known as deterrence. As first mentioned in Chapter 2, deterrence aimed at a particular offender, such as sentencing a juvenile shoplifter to probation or community service, is called specific deterrence; the sanction is intended to dissuade that juvenile from further delinquency. When such a sanction influences other juveniles' behavior and turns them away from delinquency by demonstrating the consequences of aberrant conduct, it is called general deterrence.

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