Vieil arrêt de la Cour d'Appel de l'Ontario toujours d'actualité définissant la dissuasion

Regina V. Willaert, 1953 CanLII 107 (ON CA)

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The governing principle of deterrence is, within reason and common sense, that the emotion of fear should be brought into play so that the offender may be made afraid to offend again and also so that others who may have contemplated offending will be restrained by the same controlling emotion. Society must be reasonably assured that the punishment meted out to one will not actually encourage others, and when some form of crime has become widespread the element of deterrence must look more to the restraining of others than to the actual offender before the Court.