OJP: Perceived Severity Study Reexamined in School Panel
April 28, 2026
April 28, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice issued the report 'The Deterrent Effect of Perceived Severity: A Reexamination', by Raymond Paternoster and LeeAnn Iovanni of the Institute for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland; the report is identified as a National Institute of Justice research paper supported by NIJ grants 81-IJ-CX-0023 and 83-IJ-CX-0045. The study, issued in 1985, revisits a major question i . . .