Post #259
stan_306gti6 wrote:This *is* the point though, if you had that kind of punishment in place people would be deterred
Okay, let's look at that idea fairly. To find the best example, use America, as it's the country in the world with the highest incarceration rate, by quite some way:
Now let's compare that to the most extreme violent crime rates in the world. Let's go with murder, because that's easy to get stats on. If you're right, America will be by far the lowest. If you're wrong, it might be somewhere a little higher up.
Oh look, it's not just not at the bottom, it's at the top. By a long way.
America do exactly what you're suggesting - three strikes and you're in prison for a long time, regardless of the crimes. Trust the States to base their laws on baseball.
Just read the figures. If you're a black American man aged between 20 and 34 who has dropped out of high school, there is a 37% chance you're in prison.
One in THIRTY people in the States is in prison.
Go on then, I'd like to read your counter-argument as to how putting people in prison puts people off crime.
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