[zaksoup]

If you had scrolled down a bit on the Wikipedia article you might have found a rather well cited section that shows the causal link you imply here is extremely weak in follow-up studies.

Sure you can say intuitively "if people see crimes go unpunished they may be inclined to commit further crimes" but the problem is that policing is an aggregate function of society, not an individual one.

Communities rightfully question the efficacy policing petty property crimes with the total value of white collar crime vastly dwarfs the value of property crime. Often these white collar criminals are connected to or directly the cause of economic devastation in these communities, yet the communities themselves are the ones who bear the brunt of over-policing and the violence that causes.