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by justin_oaks
1531 days ago
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I would think "higher chance of getting caught" would be better in deterring any particular crime than "stiff penalties". My first google search "harsh penalty deter crime" had this as the top: >Increasing the severity of punishment does little to deter crime. Laws and policies designed to deter crime by focusing mainly on increasing the severity of punishment are ineffective partly because criminals know little about the sanctions for specific crimes. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf |
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