Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do
by vim_wannabe on Sunday December 17, 2017 @05:36AM
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When everyone agrees to a single set of cultural norms you don't need law enforcement to keep them.
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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do
by roryisok on Sunday December 17, 2017 @06:02AM
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I think there's more to it than that.
Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do
by pimmen on Sunday December 17, 2017 @06:06AM
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That doesn’t explain why crime is going down across the US and the EU too.
Correlation does not equal causation.
Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do
by vim_wannabe on Sunday December 17, 2017 @06:25AM
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I was talking more about the philosophical side of things, what with laws often being cultural norms in writing. So when you have multiple different norms things can get ugly and misunderstandings happen. In some countries they are looking into introducing multiple different laws to alleviate this.
Obviously a big part of crime comes out of desperation (hunger) which might be going down as you say.