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No trick, I was genuinely curious. I am surpised the answers are all punitive though. In my mind the issue is that it's simply hard to police in the first place
by ehnto 4y ago
No trick, I was genuinely curious. I am surpised the answers are all punitive though. In my mind the issue is that it's simply hard to police in the first place. I think people are over-estimating the power of punishments as a deterrent. The logic is sound, but it relies on criminals being forward minded critical thinkers aware of the penalties, and that you caught them at all.
Admittedly I have no data for my area to back these thoughts up, but punishments are only important if people are actually getting caught, and they are only a deterrent to those who care. People still steal cars all the time and that is grand theft.
- evandijk70 4y agoI agree that the power of punishment as a deterrent is unclear, but your car example does not hold up, since there are a lot more bikes stolen than cars. Official reported thefts from the Netherlands [1](Note that the number of bike thefts is probably far higher than the official number): Car thefts: 8,670 Bike thefts: 60,010 [1] https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/nl/dataset/83651NED/table?searchKeywords=%20diefstalfiets https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/nl/dataset/83651NED/table?sear...