> Do you believe violent crimes require a violent penalty?

It’s certainly a common belief, imprisoning someone is inherently a violent penalty.

So the people stuck sorting out his mess, having to spend weeks in office going through the paperwork generated by one shell company after the other, should also file charges against him for aggravated assault?

People get paid for that, it’s a job.

So it is okay when we exchange captivity for money? So if we converted the money he stole into an hourly rate we could stick him into prison until the sun burns out and call it a job?

If someone else assigns you a job, it’s called slavery.

He clearly took payment in advance for it and knew spending time would be part of it if he was caught. So he basically signed up for it himself.

No, but the only strong case for imprisonment as a punishment is to separate violent people from the rest of society.

That is a form of violence. Think about how many people commit suicide when they lose money for one reason or another.

>Do you believe violent crimes require a violent penalty?

In many cases, yes.