Hypothetically (not saying it's justified): You have one store where employees don't stop thieves. You have another store where thieves are stopped by securit

Hypothetically (not saying it's justified): You have one store where employees don't stop thieves. You have another store where thieves are stopped by security and those who are caught have their hand chopped off. A couple questions: 1) Is theft reduced 2) If theft is not reduced, does theft at least decrease at handless-thief store in favor of store that does nothing. It's not hard for me to imagine that having say a hand chopped off even once can lead to hundreds of less thefts at a store. My humble conjecture. Not saying hands should be chopped.