Arrests and convictions but not sentence length deter terrorism in 28 European Union member states.

Autor: Wolfowicz M; Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. michael.wolfowicz@mail.huji.ac.il.; Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, London, UK. michael.wolfowicz@mail.huji.ac.il., Campedelli GM; Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Trento, Italy., Seaward A; Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, London, UK., Gill P; Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, London, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature human behaviour [Nat Hum Behav] 2023 Nov; Vol. 7 (11), pp. 1878-1889. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 04.
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01695-6
Abstrakt: While countries differ in how they handle terrorism, criminal justice systems in Europe and elsewhere treat terrorism similar to other crime, with police, prosecutors, judges, courts and penal systems carrying out similar functions of investigations, apprehension, charging, convicting and overseeing punishments, respectively. We address a dearth of research on potential deterrent effects against terrorism by analysing data on terrorism offending, arrests, charges, convictions and sentencing over 16 years in 28 European Union member states. Applying both count and dynamic panel data models across multiple specifications, we find that increased probability of apprehension and punishment demonstrate an inverse relationship with terrorism offending, while the rate of charged individuals is associated with a small increase in terrorism. The results for sentence length are less clear but also indicate potential backlash effects. These findings unveil overlaps between crime and terrorism in terms of deterrent effects and have implications for both the research agenda and policy discussion.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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