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Re:What goes wrong in the brain chemistry of a gambling addict? by pavel_lishin on Thursday September 15, 2016 @12:21PM (#12507422)
> People do not commit a crime (most times) expecting to be caught, and so the penalty phase isn't a factor.

> The result is that the only way to impress upon people that crime "doesn't pay", is to make the rate of solving crimes in general much higher.

If you're trying to impress upon people that crime doesn't pay, doesn't it also make sense to focus on creating the impression that the rate of solving crimes is higher?

You don't have to catch more bike thieves, you just have to make them believe that they're going to get caught.

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Re:What goes wrong in the brain chemistry of a gambling addict? by M_Grey on Thursday September 15, 2016 @12:23PM (#12507447)
Sure, if you can accurately create that impression among the population of likely bike thieves. Not so much if you're only impressing that upon the average citizen.
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Re:What goes wrong in the brain chemistry of a gambling addict? by rogerdpack on Thursday September 15, 2016 @01:03PM (#12507811)
Though I suppose the population of bike thieves once was part of the "average citizenry"
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Re:What goes wrong in the brain chemistry of a gambling addict? by M_Grey on Thursday September 15, 2016 @02:18PM (#12508460)
That's a good point, although I'm not sure if it's accurate. I wonder what patterns of bike theft have looked like for the last 150 years or so.
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Re:What goes wrong in the brain chemistry of a gambling addict? by posterboy on Thursday September 15, 2016 @03:43PM (#12509181)
but the avg citizen doesn't have reason to care about the likelihood of getting caught.
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Re:What goes wrong in the brain chemistry of a gambling addict? by M_Grey on Thursday September 15, 2016 @08:40PM (#12511119)
In a place like Japan of course, where the odds of being caught are higher, and the social consequences of stealing a bike are devastating, you do see less of that kind of crime. Emphasis on "See".
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