31.   Longer prison sentences have removed some career criminals from the streets, though the threat of longer sentences may not actually deter crime.

32.   Matthews, the Death Row minister, said the proliferation of executions is simply making society indifferent to death instead of deterring violent crimes.

33.   Moreover, they claim, the gun licensing law will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to administer but do little to deter crime.

34.   Most supporters said concealed weapons deter crime because criminals never know who might shoot back.

35.   Punishments of all sorts were once administered in public in the interest of deterring further crime and satisfying the need for moral opprobrium.

36.   Sending the nation down a legal path that could undermine the privacy rights of women is not a reasonable way to protect women or deter crime.

37.   She agreed with opponents that the death penalty may not deter crime.

38.   She said several criminal-justice specialists were prepared to testify that chain gangs do nothing to deter crime.

39.   Senior citizens can help deter crime.

40.   Some law-enforcement officials hope that the move may even deter crime.