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Article awhile back talked about how about 8% of the population avoids crimes only out of fear of punishment. Remove that fear and a significant segment of the

• x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
  I'm not sure I can believe this. This implies that the only punishment available is that of the law enforcement. While society has a variety of methods under the umbrella of punishment such as shunning, 3rd-party intervention and such.
• mywittyname 6y ago
  It's incredibly easy to get away with crimes, as anyone who's been the victim of a crime will attest. The justice system is pretty selective in the crime that it cares to solve. The criteria for pursuit seems to be: is it profitable? did it happen to an important person? or was it perpetrated by a person who doesn't matter? The police will happily spend hours sitting on the side of the road writing traffic tickets, but if a group of guys kick your ass on the street, good luck getting them to do more than fill out some paper work. Even if there's solid evidence, they perps still need to be people the police are willing to go after. Also, in America, it's already the case that ~40% of homicides go unsolved. It's almost a coin toss whether you'd actually get away with it.
• olyjohn 6y ago
  That's extremely vague. What crimes does the survey talk about? There's a big difference between speeding in your car, and mass murder. I obey speed laws because I don't want a ticket, I don't obey murder laws because I'm afraid of prison. I avoid murder because it's wrong. I'd bet that 8% number goes way down the more serious the crime gets.