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> If more and more people are competing crimes then doesn’t that suggest the deterrent effect is minimal, more importantly insufficient. is this actually true?
by leetcrew 7y ago
> If more and more people are competing crimes then doesn’t that suggest the deterrent effect is minimal, more importantly insufficient.
is this actually true? as I understand it, we are well past the peak of criminal activity ( at least in the US).
- DataWorker 7y agoThe incarceration rate has declined in the past decade but I would guess that’s due to already having locked up a large proportion of the population as well as changes enforcement and prosecution. Weed is legal now, to take an obvious example of prosecutorial waste that’s been ameliorated.