And deterrence theory is a very simple theory of human behavior

Now, one way of dealing with this problem is by deterrence.

And indeed the news which had a lot of deterrence, came to them.

And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence

Rather, there is a mutual, effective mutual deterrence that exists, that has resulted in an ongoing stalemate.

Soviet land powers, says the General, the problem of deterrence becomes impossible, even with our ( tires screech ) great nuclear delivery capability.

This is a graph from a paper by Uri Gneezy and Aldo Rustichini, who set out to test, at the beginning of this decade, what they called deterrence theory.

It would be easier to understand the Obama administration's posture of supposedly being for deterrence if this was an administration that, for instance, prosecuted arguably the biggest economic crime that this country has seen in the last hundred years.

Well, because I think they wanted to make an example out of Aaron, and they said they wanted the reason, why they wouldn't move on requiring a felony conviction and jail time, was that they wanted to use this case as a case for deterrence.

When you start deploying the non controversial idea of deterrence only selectively you stop making a dispassionate analysis of law breaking and you started deciding to deploy law enforcement resources specifically on the basis of political ideology, and that's not just undemocratic, it's supposed to be un American.