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This attitude basically concedes to accepting theft as inevitable, treating this type of crime as something that cannot be avoided. Crime needs to be punished
by PKop 11y ago
This attitude basically concedes to accepting theft as inevitable, treating this type of crime as something that cannot be avoided.
Crime needs to be punished and deterred. An argument can be made that communities where property crime is rampant are not using effective measures to deter criminals.
Imagine how many fewer bike thefts there would be if, for example, Seattle put in place caning as a punishment, like in Singapore. This could replace long term prison sentences while also being severe enough to scare would be criminals. What's your solution to decreasing rate of thefts, if not prison?
- lostlogin 11y agoWhy is the person stealing? Treat that problem rather than just punish the action. I'm not saying that there should be no punishment, just that long sentences achieve little. I don't think many people would call the US justice system a great success, so what's the harm in trying something a little different?
- x0x0 11y agoI support that for nonviolent crime, but when you assault someone, we should aggressively punish. The police and DA were pretty clear: if the dude had just dropped the phone, they wouldn't have had any interest.