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Stonehedge in reply to @pacef8

Because the increase would create more of a deterrent and improve society .

I think that's the main issue. Tougher sentencing doesn't tend to reduce incidence of a crime, or at least it's rare that it does. I appreciate that it's counterintuitive.

However, increased likelihood to be caught for a crime does reduce incidence.

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Dammit in reply to @Stonehedge

And in some cases they have the reverse of the effect intended - an old saying in England was “may as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb” - as very minor crimes had the death penalty you may as well go large as you were dead anyway, if caught.

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TGR in reply to @Dammit

As per my post above, this may be due to increased reporting as opposed to increased occurrences. Hard to tell though.
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NotThamesWater in reply to @Dammit

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