Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters
by esyir on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:28AM
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Well, regarding drug crime, you can look at singapore.
Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters
by ornornor on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:43AM
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They also have programs to tackle drug addiction. The effects can't be attributed solely on the death penalty when trafficking. If that worked, we'd have no murders in US states where it yields death penalty.
Re:Why thieves love to steal catalytic converters
by esyir on Monday November 22, 2021 @11:10PM
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>The effects can't be attributed solely on the death penalty when trafficking
Sure, everything is multimodal. But likelihood of getting caught (consistency of enforcement) and penalty size can both mediate the incentive. I'm not sure why everyone likes to boil it down to "PENALTIES DON'T WORK ONLY SOCIAL PROGRAMS".
For how well that works, see:
- drug related crime in countries where it’s a death sentence
- militarized police forces and the overall outcome for society
- effects on crime levels in US states where such a crime is a capital offense vs states where it isn’t
All this does is raise the stakes and people committing the crimes resort to more violent means of committing the crime/avoid capture.
While it might feel good to know you’d be allowed to kill a thief, it won’t stop it from happening. It’ll just make it that much more dangerous to be around when that crime happens and more likely to get shot as a result.