Assignment task: We hear a lot of people, including law makers, talking about deterring crime? Please discuss the following in detail:
1. What is deterrence?
2. What is the difference between specific and general deterrence?
3. What are the pros and cons of each type?
4. Provide examples of deterrence policies that have been put in place to deep people from offending/reoffending?
5. Have they been successful?
6. Discuss how the fines and use of cash bail in Ferguson increased crime rather that deterred it.