The result: the system meant to deter crime instead created more of it.

They also argued that such changes had not been shown to deter crime.

If you put cops on the street, it's going to deter crime.

The department is troubled by many policy issues, not least the problem of deterring crime.

The idea was to encourage them to hang around and deter crime.

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

The death penalty, where it exists, does not deter crime.

The report also cast doubt on research about how often guns are used to deter crimes.

He said it was still a valid method of deterring crime.

He went even further and discussed how the general layout of the houses could deter crime.