Citation

Ross HL. Addiction 1993; 88(7): 997-1002.

Affiliation

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8358271

Abstract

As a humanitarian and economic 'bad', infliction of punishment requires justification in terms of compensating achievements, as well as moral appropriateness. In the context of road accidents, there is evidence that increasing the certainty and swiftness of threatened punishment may deter risky behavior, although increasing the severity of the threat seems ineffective. These effects may be generalizable to other kinds of accidents, but empirical evidence is lacking. A further possibility for the justifiable use of punishment is in its application to negligent service of alcohol.

Language: en