Just days ago, Jacqueline Avant, the 81 year old wife of music industry legend Clarence Avant, was murdered in the wee hours of the morning in her Beverly Hills

Just days ago, Jacqueline Avant, the 81 year old wife of music industry legend Clarence Avant, was murdered in the wee hours of the morning in her Beverly Hills home during a home invasion [1]. Police were able to catch the murderer when he (literally) shot himself in the foot shortly thereafter… during a second home invasion in the Hollywood Hills [2]. > What exactly would police have done in any of these situations to prevent them from happening? What if threatening would-be criminals with prison wasn’t an effective deterrent anymore? Singapore employs corporal punishment [3] in addition to prison, and I’d be interested in reviewing any studies examining whether swift corporal punishment delivered early in life for minor offenses (e.g. bullying) could be shown to prevent future criminality. [1]: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/jacqueline-avant-a-philanthropist-helped-unite-the-worlds-of-black-politics-and-entertainment https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/jacqueli... [2]: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-06/murder-charges-filed-in-jacqueline-avants-killing https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-06/murder-c... [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore