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> Studies show that the most important thing about criminal punishment is certainty of being caught and prosecuted. This might lead someone to wrongly conclude
by HeavyStorm 1y ago
> Studies show that the most important thing about criminal punishment is certainty of being caught and prosecuted.
This might lead someone to wrongly conclude that high order societies are a matter of policing. It's not. It's a matter of culture. Japan doesn't have more cops per citizen than your average 1st world country. But they do have a culture that deeply condemns crime and values honor.
- rayiner 1y agoI agree, but I’d submit that the way the criminal justice system works reinforces culture. Swiftly catching and consistently punishing law breakers helps reinforce the social norms against crime.
- more_corn 1y agoBut they also won’t declare a death a murder unless they can solve it. They take their 100% solve rate quite seriously.
- rangestransform 1y agoSingapore was able to police itself into a high trust society
- tptacek 1y agoThey also have a hostage justice system with a 95%+ conviction rate, in which people can effectively be detained indefinitely (years) without trial as prosecutors hold out for confessions. In a very real sense, we started the United States of America specifically to avoid that kind of system. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
- bigyabai 1y agoWoe is it upon the world that indefinite incarceration is generally accepted and not a cause for international condemnation.