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Why would you pay to imprison illegal immigrants? Also there's some amount of evidence that says increasing punishment doesn't necessarily act as increased dete
by chillacy 10y ago
Why would you pay to imprison illegal immigrants? Also there's some amount of evidence that says increasing punishment doesn't necessarily act as increased deterrent to some crimes past a certain point.
- totalZero 10y agoA tall order, sir. Let's see the evidence!
- chillacy 10y agoPlenty of it sir: http://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx http://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx > The certainty of being caught is a vastly more powerful deterrent than the punishment. > Police deter crime by increasing the perception that criminals will be caught and punished > Increasing the severity of punishment does little to deter crime Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=does+increasing+punishment+reduce+crime&oq=increasing+punishment&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0.2985j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=does+increasing+punishment+r...