Crime and deterrence
https://nij.gov/five-things/pages/deterrence.aspx
- The certainty of being caught is a vastly more powerful deterrent than the punishment.
- Sending an individual convicted of a crime to prison isn’t a very effective way to deter crime.
- Police deter crime by increasing the perception that criminals will be caught and punished.
- Increasing the severity of punishment does little to deter crime.
- There is no proof that the death penalty deters criminals.