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Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ... by DataWorker on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:22AM (#21116291)
Not at all. You should look up the definition of negative reinforcement. It doesn’t operate as social demonstration, the way prison is supposed to work according to those who advance the deterrence myth. Now if the claim is about recidivism that may apply to negative reinforcement. But as others pointed out that’s not usually what’s meant by deterrent. We mean a deterrent even to those who have not been incarcerated.

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