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Is deterrence really a thing? Multiple studies show that more severe punishments don't actually deter because the people committing the xrime almost never think

• dpark 8y ago
  #3 on that list is all about deterrence. “Police deter crime by increasing the perception that criminals will be caught and punished.” If criminals believe that the cost/benefit analysis will leave their crimes uninvestigated and unpunished, then yes, they are more likely to commit crimes.
• gojomo 8y ago
  #1 on the list you forwarded is: "The certainty of being caught is a vastly more powerful deterrent than the punishment." #3 is "Police deter crime by increasing the perception that criminals will be caught and punished." Stings run by police, generating stories of caught-criminals, and making it so that repeat offenders face a rapidly-escalating likelihood of being caught, would seem to deter, by the evidence at your link.
• foxyv 8y ago
  Usually the major deterrent to crime is the likelihood of being caught. A lot of research has shown that longer sentences don't deter, however getting caught more often does. https://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx https://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx