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Re:Three Charged in Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack by pavel_lishin on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:04PM (#17147780)
Wouldn't it make more sense to reduce the incentive to commit the crime, rather than increase punishment?

Ramping up punishments doesn't seem to deter criminals, and study after study seems to confirm this.

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Re:Three Charged in Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack by zaphar on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:13PM (#17147898)
The best solution is to do both. Increase punishment and also reduce incentive. They aren't mutually exclusive.
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Re:Three Charged in Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack by rhacker on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:10PM (#17147858)
Sure, but I think that's a larger issue than SWATTING, right wouldn't that comment apply to all crime in general. If you can point me to the studies and what exactly is proposed to deter crime without punishment I'm all ears :)
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Re:Three Charged in Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack by pavel_lishin on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:16PM (#17147935)
https://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx

> 4. Increasing the severity of punishment does little to deter crime.

My point is that if SWAT teams stop shooting random people going for a walk, they'll stop being used as weapons.

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