If you were trown in jail, brutally raped and had 50% of your income confiscated for the rest of your life as a punishment, trust me, pretty much nobody would be speeding.
For most people, the (cost of punishment * chance of being caught) is less than reward of whatever they're doing.
Re:No Spanking, No Time-Out, No Problems
by saint_fiasco on Monday December 05, 2016 @08:04AM
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Then increase the reward. It's not a coincidence that most criminals are poor people. They have less to lose.
Punishment primarily changes the visibility of behavior. Kids who get punished by their parents a lot learn to avoid their parents and hide their feelings and behaviors. To the parent it can look like the punishment worked.