Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by chillacy on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:33AM
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Why would you pay to imprison illegal immigrants? Also there's some amount of evidence that says increasing punishment doesn't necessarily act as increased deterrent to some crimes past a certain point.
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Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by totalZero on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:34AM
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A tall order, sir. Let's see the evidence!
Re:Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter [pdf]
by chillacy on Friday November 11, 2016 @06:04PM
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Plenty of it sir: http://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx
> The certainty of being caught is a vastly more powerful deterrent than the punishment.
> Police deter crime by increasing the perception that criminals will be caught and punished
> Increasing the severity of punishment does little to deter crime
Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=does+increasing+punishment+r...