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> If you have 99% conviction rate, people will just stop doing crime Do you have any information to support this claim?
by hamms 7y ago
> If you have 99% conviction rate, people will just stop doing crime
Do you have any information to support this claim?
- hjkhtroeiupwq 7y ago> While a stolen bike probably isn't that valuable, what matters is that in most places, there's basically no chances that you will be caught. > And I'm not kidding about the absence of enforcement and low risk of stealing bikes. Here's a NYT journalist filming himself stealing his own bike in New York City to see how people who see him will react. You gotta see this to believe it. He even uses powertools and does it near cops. https://www.treehugger.com/bikes/underworld-economics-what-happens-stolen-bikes.html https://www.treehugger.com/bikes/underworld-economics-what-h...