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> Jail-time for corrupt politicians and related third parties can This is not a fact, but a hypothesis, and probably wrong one. Higher punishment will most pr
by EastSmith 5y ago
> Jail-time for corrupt politicians and related third parties can
This is not a fact, but a hypothesis, and probably wrong one. Higher punishment will most probably bring more corruption.
- nbzso 5y agoAgree. Higher punishment will. In Bulgaria they have "A lack of punishment".
- ridiculous_leke 5y agoWhy will I be more corrupt if I know that the eventual punishment is proportional to my corruption? On the contrary, I will be more than happy to augment the corruption if the punishment is not that harsh. I can serve the simple punishment and leave for another country with all the money stashed.
- necovek 5y agoIt's never as simple cut as that. You are completely discounting the risk of getting caught, which is something you can actively work against. If it wasn't, nobody would be committing (pre-meditated) murder any more, because that's got the toughest penalty (not really, but let's pretend for a bit) of all the crimes.
- 55555 5y agoI'm really very curious why you think this might be true. That sounds crazy to me.
- PoignardAzur 5y agoPeople who commit crimes act under the assumption they won't get caught. There's a body of literature showing that increasing the penalties of crime doesn't deter potential criminals.