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Originally Posted by shinerbock
It would be a pretty difficult study to do when you take out the recidivists don't you think?
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Exactly but the research that has been done has controlled for a number of factors that contribute to crime reduction. These studies are inconsistent in their findings but are leaning toward there being NO substantive deterrent effect.
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
It deters me all the time. I'd love to think I'm just more morally corrupt than the average American, but I find that pretty unlikely.
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Are you tempted to murder or become a street level drug dealer and don't do so because there are laws against it. Do you want to commit assaults and robberies? If not, you're the average American who is a law abiding citizen when it comes to almost all forms of crime. Not necessarily JUST because of the laws but because we're socialized based on order rather than disorder.
Sorry, T La Rock, LL killed it. 
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