Comment Re:Prison Sentences (Score 1) 1127
Indeed - there's a few studies that show that excessive prison sentences don't act as a deterrent. Only increasing the likelihood you get caught does.
So criminals don't care whether they'd have to go to prison for 5 years instead of 2. However they do care if they feel that it's twice as likely to get caught than before.
But politicians actively go for the quick fix of increasing prison sentences, instead of improving the organisation and funding of the police and the courts.
So criminals don't care whether they'd have to go to prison for 5 years instead of 2. However they do care if they feel that it's twice as likely to get caught than before.
But politicians actively go for the quick fix of increasing prison sentences, instead of improving the organisation and funding of the police and the courts.