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True, they aren't, but we're not talking about the class of crime. We're talking about a particular kind of incentive model.
by mumblemumble 6y ago
True, they aren't, but we're not talking about the class of crime. We're talking about a particular kind of incentive model.
- smt88 6y agoThe "incentive" for murder is usually that someone is angry and not thinking about consequences at all. Financial crimes are usually slow-burning and almost never crimes of passion. Prison doesn't stop murderers, but that has no bearing on whether it stops Madoffs.
- mumblemumble 6y agoAlternatively, we could look at the empirical studies, which seem to indicate that, regardless of the different ways one could hypothesize that in some contexts but not in others, the reality is that, across the board, making sentences tougher has little deterrent effect. https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterr...