No need to believe me when you could have spent this same amount of time just researching it for yourself. It's probably the first thing anyone talks about when

No need to believe me when you could have spent this same amount of time just researching it for yourself. It's probably the first thing anyone talks about when they seriously discuss reducing crime rates. tl;dr If you put enough people in prison for long enough, you will naturally reduce the crime rate because such a huge number of people are incarcerated. That doesn't justify things like life sentences for possession of marijuana. But overall, you don't reduce an individual's likelihood to commit a crime either before or after their time in prison using longer sentences. > Kind of hard to believe really, you think the Code of Hammurabi didn't work? No, I don't. 1. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf 2. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business-law/do-harsher-punishments-deter-crime https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business-law/do-harsher-pu... 3. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/19/do-long-jail-sentences-stop-we-ask-the-expert https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/19/do-long... 4. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180514-do-long-prison-sentences-deter-crime https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180514-do-long-prison-s... 5. https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Impact-of-Long-Sentences-on-Public-Safety.pdf https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Impact-of... 6. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/does-being-tough-on-crime-actually-deter-crime/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/does-being-tough-on-... 7. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/crime-and-punishment/201804/why-punishment-doesnt-reduce-crime https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/crime-and-punishment...