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Originally posted by justamom
The reference to looking to our homes and family life is nothing new when discussing topics of this nature. The thread did bring up the issue of Death Penalty as a deterent to future crime didn't it? Check out some Soc. and Psych courses as they reinforce the cause/effect that values and experiences one learns through their environment has in relationship to future crime. The time to deter crime is not after the fact. As a side note, I already took those courses and don't feel a need to post a link. The bit about Spock-Actually, it was a little FYI ( a universal FYI, not you individualy) that is interesting in the context of crime & deterents.
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I study Sociology/Criminology and I have yet to find a conclusive study that supports evidence that it is a detterent. Greater studies of deterrence have repeatedly proven that there's a greater chance an offender would not commit a crime if he or she knew the chances of being caught were very high with a very low punishment as opposed to a very low chance of being caught with a very strict punishment. Hell if i knew there was only a 5% chance i'd receive harsh punishment from robbing a bank i'd probably go out and do it tommorrow.