• PenguinJuice@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    And your alternative is to be light on crime and forgiving? That’s going to yield better results?

    • Spzi@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      No one suggested that. People talking about what could go wrong is different from people promoting another approach.

      Like when it says “mind the gap”, it’s not telling you to not enter the subway.

      But maybe you didn’t ask honest questions but made statements disguised as loaded questions. Which is a sad thing to do.

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      1 year ago

      Assuming you’re genuinely interested in learning about this and not being flippant, I would encourage you to look at the corrections system in a country like Denmark: Harsh punishments do not discourage crime though, that’s a fucking fact backed by empirical date that doesn’t give a shit what any of us think or feel about it.

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          People still get in trouble, but punishments don’t need to be very severe to still work. While it might seem counterintuitive, harsh sentences seem to increase recidivism and hurts society at large. This is also true for harsh conditions in prisons.

        • boincboy3000@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          That depends on the crime and the circumstances… For gang violence social integration, education, good opportunities and guaranteed coverage of basic needs sound promising for me. You can compare different districts and ask yourself, why in some there is gang violence and in some there isnt.