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Originally posted by smooth
Kadath and ubertuber,
The general consensus among criminologists (and sociologists, for that matter) is that increasing penalties for crimes will not lower crime rates--in fact, the evidence strongly suggests increasing penalties leads to an increase in crime.
Politicians have used the public's fear and ignorance as a platform and now the link between intensifying punishment and higher crime rates is an untenable and unfathomable position in the public sphere.
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I don't find that hard to believe at all. What would work, though? Are criminologists just throwing up their hands?