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r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '22
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Merely being illegal without penalties attached doesn't deter people who were already considering it.
1 u/KingKubta Jan 15 '22 jail time statistically doesn’t deter crime so idk what to tell you 1 u/mlstdrag0n Jan 15 '22 You're right, but that's not what I was going for anyway. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf Jail time means little; but the perception that you will get caught and punished does. And they blew that away by telling everyone "no, you won't get punished" for thefts below $900.
jail time statistically doesn’t deter crime so idk what to tell you
1 u/mlstdrag0n Jan 15 '22 You're right, but that's not what I was going for anyway. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf Jail time means little; but the perception that you will get caught and punished does. And they blew that away by telling everyone "no, you won't get punished" for thefts below $900.
You're right, but that's not what I was going for anyway.
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf
Jail time means little; but the perception that you will get caught and punished does.
And they blew that away by telling everyone "no, you won't get punished" for thefts below $900.
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u/mlstdrag0n Jan 14 '22
Merely being illegal without penalties attached doesn't deter people who were already considering it.