Here's the start to a blurb: In this video presentation, Robert Perkinson outlines the different ways prison can and cannot be used for detering crime. From the video description: Deterrence theory is the idea that punishments for crime should exist primarily to discourage others from committing a similar crime or to assure the punished individual won't do it again. For example, making the potential costs of committing a crime too high to justify doing it in the first place. > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 18:37:54 -0800 (PST) > > > From: Meetup Messages <http://www.meetup.com/~messages> > > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 01:55:31 +0000 (UTC) > > > > ~~~ Respond by replying directly to this email ~~~ > > > > New messages from Paula: > > > > To view this conversation, open > > http://meet.meetup.com/ls/click?upn=yBf4llw5PeaY7leriFwBBkipzLsJ7uXZdea5ZSOL1NKYEGA-2Bm2q7cVmGDfxg27ILR2Cdp5Cpkt-2B5suk2OuDoziLRBpJNZRhEG1LPD17rGw0-3D99BP_-2F4uQecMzOWO0WbCH2ECCmEvABJ35d8FHkG8Htgi9Yz0Ix9H4iPc1LbOLw7xjgll3-2BCqD9KXh0vGT4-2B1bSjnMI5-2BVRc-2FtAKdsJ-2FjGpaP3ymRit-2BAulZZPSirCjnN6tVJHs4xIs29n2i793sU4WNvbmcFx5PQ65sM2wr-2B4k2S35wbiVcSjR00DZI3fKNYMKu7HLt0EzjG9fvjCjA7ky90sh9Fzr7KW32qoTuD0hd6JjaajhBXOHnI3LKUb3gwZCjR570SuYKCnx0yawNJGIYTfVw-3D-3D > > in your browser. > > > > Paula: Wonderful! If you have something to suggest in the way of a blurb, > > you can send it and if it needs to be tweaked to fit into our usual format, > > I can do that! > > Thanks so much! Paula (December 27, 2020 8:54 PM)