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To be honest, I have a hard time believing that the change in laws is what's actually driving more theft. Is the average shoplifter really doing cost-benefit an
by somesortofthing 5y ago
To be honest, I have a hard time believing that the change in laws is what's actually driving more theft. Is the average shoplifter really doing cost-benefit analysis by planning out the value of their theft and then googling what punishment they're likely to receive before going into Walgreens and taking stuff?
- akomtu 5y agoThey do: they see how their buddies get away with increasingly more brazen crimes and become more brazen themselves.
- glangdale 5y agoA lot of non-impulsive crime has long been planned with probable sentences factored in - both in terms of quantities of drugs carried, types of things stolen, age of perpetrators used, etc. They don't need to Google; they can talk to fellow criminals.
- aksss 5y agoIf you lighten consequences for bad behavior, you’ll get more bad behavior. If you incentivize good behavior you get more good behavior. It’s how the world works.