What would be an example of what Bruce Western calls "deterrence"?
A) A former drug dealer who decides in prison that he or she wants to be part of the formal economy and decides to go to college to be a teacher.
B) A mass murderer who is prevented from committing any more violent crimes because he or she is locked up in prison.
C) A person who refrains from stealing a designer dress when she realizes she would end up paying more in legal fines than the cost of the dress if she got caught.
D) A person convicted of raping women who takes a class in prison on feminism and begins to repent his or her crimes.
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