Yup deterrence actually can be measured too (to an extent), and it turns out you really can't deter people from committing crimes with threats of punishment. Hungry people will still steal, desperate people will still act according to their desperation, mentally ill people will still do whatever their mental illness drives them to, etc.
What DOES reduce criminality is education, access to basic needs like food, healthcare, housing, jobs, etc. Funny, but if we remove the need to be a criminal, and you get less criminals!
As for crimes of passion you cannot deter or stop those. Hell, even in the fictional world of Minority Report, the couldn't stop that. For mental illness (Pedophiles, pycopaths, and such) the best option seems early detection and treatment before they start committing big crimes.
What DOES reduce criminality is education, access to basic needs like food, healthcare, housing, jobs, etc. Funny, but if we remove the need to be a criminal, and you get less criminals!
As for crimes of passion you cannot deter or stop those. Hell, even in the fictional world of Minority Report, the couldn't stop that. For mental illness (Pedophiles, pycopaths, and such) the best option seems early detection and treatment before they start committing big crimes.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
