A pederast, a murderer, aremoved won’t be deterred by the death penalty and there’s no meaningful redress from their deaths. A banker who sees another banker get fucking fried? Bet you he starts behaving a little better for a good while.
i know we have studies on harsher penalties not changing behavior for petty or interpersonal crimes but western countries don’t punish corruption much at all so i don’t know if there’s anything from the academy on whether that applies to spreadsheet crimes. It certainly seems like it should deter, but it seems like it should for burglary too.
Harsher penalties on burglary would just make more burglaries end in murder. The prospect of 25 to life over stolen jewelry would certainly make one less inclined to leave witnesses.
i know we have studies on harsher penalties not changing behavior for petty or interpersonal crimes but western countries don’t punish corruption much at all so i don’t know if there’s anything from the academy on whether that applies to spreadsheet crimes. It certainly seems like it should deter, but it seems like it should for burglary too.
Harsher penalties on burglary would just make more burglaries end in murder. The prospect of 25 to life over stolen jewelry would certainly make one less inclined to leave witnesses.
not just the second-order effects. People who are doing crime for survival aren’t really affected by penalties, nor are compulsive shoplifters.