(August 24, 2020 at 8:45 pm)SUNGULA Wrote:(August 24, 2020 at 8:41 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: All else being equal, but Without the deterrence effect of police, it is hard to imagine crime would not Be worse.Police are a poor deterrence. For the same reason the death penalty is a poor deterrence
It is tempting to say the other side’s half truths have no truth in it. But In fact their half truths are often not any more false than yours own cherished half truths.
Police are far less poor a deterrence than death penalty.
The difference between doing time and not doing time For most offenses is much greater to the perspective offender than In prison for life or in prison for a marginally shorter life for the very serious offender.