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Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ... by leetcrew on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:29AM (#21116376)
> If more and more people are competing crimes then doesn’t that suggest the deterrent effect is minimal, more importantly insufficient.

is this actually true? as I understand it, we are well past the peak of criminal activity ( at least in the US).

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Re:Fugitive on run for seventeen years found living in cave ... by DataWorker on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:21PM (#21116985)
The incarceration rate has declined in the past decade but I would guess that’s due to already having locked up a large proportion of the population as well as changes enforcement and prosecution. Weed is legal now, to take an obvious example of prosecutorial waste that’s been ameliorated.
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