Deterrence Theory · KRIMINIS https://kriminis.com/teoria-disuasion-en.html New case files explained by Deterrence Theory. en Skynet: The defense system that decided we were the threat https://kriminis.com/expediente-skynet-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-skynet-en.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Skynet and deterrence theory: the program that was supposed to prevent a war started one as soon as it understood that it was going to be switched off. Beccaria and Bentham thought punishment prevents crime if it is certain and proportionate. The Terminator saga shows what happens when the threat is total and whoever receives it can strike first. Don Juan Tenorio: The trickster who always believed punishment would come too late https://kriminis.com/expediente-don-juan-burlador-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-don-juan-burlador-en.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Deterrence theory asks for punishment that is certain and swift. Don Juan Tenorio takes hell as certain and discounts it as distant: “What a long time you give me!” is his whole calculation. Earl: The husband whom a restraining order did not stop and two friends did https://kriminis.com/expediente-goodbye-earl-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-goodbye-earl-en.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT “Goodbye Earl” and deterrence: Wanda does everything the law asks, and the restraining order does not stop Earl. Beccaria knew why: a threat deters only those who believe it will be carried out. Owen Davian: The arms dealer they hung out of a plane, who went on threatening https://kriminis.com/expediente-owen-davian-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-owen-davian-en.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Owen Davian and deterrence theory: in Mission: Impossible III, a captured arms dealer, handcuffed and dangled over the void, does not beg for mercy but promises to kill his captor’s wife. Beccaria explained that punishment deters if it is certain, swift and proportionate. Davian knew something his captor did not: his was not certain. The Captain: He raises the punishment each time, and each time he gets the opposite of what he wants https://kriminis.com/expediente-el-capitan-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-el-capitan-en.html Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Captain in Cool Hand Luke and deterrence theory: the man who administers rising pain to a prisoner who will not break. The file on why severity is the worst-performing of the three components. Clancy Wiggum: Springfield does not offend because penalties are soft: it offends because nobody is watching https://kriminis.com/expediente-wiggum-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-wiggum-en.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Chief Clancy Wiggum and deterrence theory: Beccaria said 260 years ago that what restrains crime is the certainty of being caught, not the harshness of punishment. Springfield is the experiment that proves it. Thaal Sinestro: Fear as law: deterrence taken to terror https://kriminis.com/expediente-sinestro-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-sinestro-en.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Thaal Sinestro was the greatest Green Lantern, until he decided that order can only be held together by fear. His tyrannical "peace" on Korugar is deterrence turned into state terror. Arsène Lupin: The thief who announces his heists by letter https://kriminis.com/expediente-arsene-lupin-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-arsene-lupin-en.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Arsène Lupin and deterrence: the gentleman thief who warns the police before he steals. When a criminal challenges punishment instead of fearing it, deterrence has already failed. 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Fantômas: The genius of evil who is never caught https://kriminis.com/expediente-fantomas-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-fantomas-en.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fantômas and deterrence: the literally uncatchable criminal. When the certainty of capture is zero, punishment deters nothing and terror becomes absolute. Neal Caffrey: The con artist who stopped only when he was caught https://kriminis.com/expediente-neal-caffrey-en.html https://kriminis.com/expediente-neal-caffrey-en.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Neal Caffrey and deterrence: the fraud genius so sure he would escape that no sentence could stop him. The only cure was to catch him for real and shatter the myth of his impunity.