Word: speeder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Maybe so, but VanderMaat notes that under the same weather conditions, the same radar foul-up could happen anywhere-and that it could be grounds for an accused speeder's defense...
Applying the principle of "response cost," some psychologists also say that a punishment must be in the same terms as the crime. Instead of fining a speeder, for example, they would immediately impound his car or license and make him walk home. Conversely, a cash theft might be dealt with not by jail but by a stiff fine equivalent to reparation. Another possibility for changing criminal behavior is "aversion therapy," which is used, for example, to cure bed wetting in children. Instead of chiding or coddling the child, the therapist has him sleep on a low-voltage electric blanket linked...