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Deterrence- //A theory that criminal laws are passed with well-defined punishments to discourage individual criminal defendants from becoming repeat offenders and to discourage others in society from engaging in similar criminal activity.// Prison Deterence- the theory: "an eye for an eye" that is popular in America's prisons. Often society's portrayl of prison helps to deter crime.

Punishment- any change in a human or animal's surroundings that occurs after a given behavior or response which reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future

Capital Punishment- the punishment of death for a crime; death penalty

Reinforcement- the act of strenghing or encouraging something

Aversive Conditioning- process in which the frequency or predictability of a behavioral response is increased through reinforcement (i.e., a stimulus or a reward for the desired response).

Aversive Behavior- avoidance behaviour