Analysing the reasons for the use of the death penalty in Singapore through Bentham’s utilitarianism : can the noose be loosened?
Up until 2012, Singapore imposed a mandatory drug penalty for drug-related offences. The government claims that this use of death penalty produces a deterrence effect on future-offenders. However, recent studies have shown that the correlation between deterrence and capital punishment is ambiguous....
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Main Author: | Priyanna Subramaniam |
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Other Authors: | Christopher Holman |
Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2020
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140831 |
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