I think a lot of such people can be “cured” by high certainty of being caught, not by severity of punishment
This stems from a misunderstanding of how the career-criminal mind works. They don’t really care about being caught. They remember how out of the last 40 or so times they walked into Walmart and left with ~$100 in unpaid merchandise they only got caught half the time and the other half of the time they got let off with time served of 10-20 days. Either they get away with it or they gotta wait a couple weeks before they get to try again. Not a big deal either way.
So much of the crime plaguing modern America is open and obvious and even caught on camera. It’s just that the criminal justice system refuses to punish repeat petty offenders.
What punishment do you think someone who has been convicted of stealing 15 times before should get on his 16th conviction?
This stems from a misunderstanding of how the career-criminal mind works. They don’t really care about being caught. They remember how out of the last 40 or so times they walked into Walmart and left with ~$100 in unpaid merchandise they only got caught half the time and the other half of the time they got let off with time served of 10-20 days. Either they get away with it or they gotta wait a couple weeks before they get to try again. Not a big deal either way.
So much of the crime plaguing modern America is open and obvious and even caught on camera. It’s just that the criminal justice system refuses to punish repeat petty offenders.
What punishment do you think someone who has been convicted of stealing 15 times before should get on his 16th conviction?