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Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence... by hacker_9 on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @08:50AM (#15441313)
So offenders don't deserve to be put behind bars and have their time taken away from them? Lawful society only exists because there is punishment. This is just how the human mind works - if you don't follow an unlawful action by a negative experience, they will never learn to change.
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Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence... by halleym on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @09:44AM (#15441680)
Hang on, while your statement seems logical, it doesn't necessarily hold true. Certainly does not work when training dogs.

https://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx

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Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence... by laretluval on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @09:47AM (#15441709)
> This is just how the human mind works - if you don't follow an unlawful action by a negative experience, they will never learn to change.

Not only a property of the human mind: if there are no negative consequences then they have no rational reason to change their behavior.

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