09-26-2005, 09:19 PM
whyBish,Sep 26 2005, 12:52 AM Wrote:It's not about deterring crimes from happening, it's about stopping future crimes by a proven criminal... if you want to deter crimes, this measure at least wont make people more likely to commit. You can do this and still put your other deterrent policies in place such as reducing poverty... in fact the amounts saved could be directly transferred to the poor if you want.
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Its about reducing crime period, which in the case of punishments involves both.
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