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Well, realistically, it isn’t about preventing crime, it’s about catching criminals. (I’m not a fan of all this)

• valvar 6y ago
  Isn't catching criminals a pretty good way to prevent crime?
  • kaishiro 6y ago
    Not particularly, no. The nature of having caught a "criminal" means the crime has already occurred. Crime prevention is less a cause of justice and more a cause of social work.
    • valvar 6y ago
      I would imagine that past offences correlate quite strongly with a proclivity for future offences. Hence reformation and/or incarceration should reduce the number of opportunities for repeated offence.
      • kaishiro 6y ago
        For an individual, yes. However criminality is not a finite resource. You can't lock up everybody.