The law's harsh sentence is a deterrent against drinking and driving.
It is just because fear of punishment has no deterrent effect that crime continues in spite of all laws and courts, prisons and executions.
Judge Salvador was of the school that thought stiff sentences were a deterrent.
I think this would act as a deterrent.
That would act as a deterrent, don't you think?
The notion of a nuclear deterrent came into being during the Cold War, when the focus was on the American and Russian arsenals.
Foreign companies consider investing in Egypt, but its civil unrest proves a deterrent.
Don't let that be a deterrent.
Malawi's Supreme Court has banned the death penalty, ruling it unconstitutional because it negates the right to life. Some Malawians hail the ruling, while others denounced the decision as removing a major deterrent to serious crime.