| IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
A lot of people say that, and while it might be true that there would be less crimes if the punishments were harsher, reality does not indicate that. The countries with lower crime rates actually tend to have less harsh punishments and spend more money on different forms of treatment to get the criminals back on track in life. If someone just says, "Fuck all criminals. They do bad stuff so they should get the shit kicked out of them." that won't magically remove the reasons which made them commit the crimes in the first place. For that reason it is important to find out why the crime was committed, and take action. Otherwise the reasons will still be there and the crimes will recur. |
Of the countries that are usually compared, there are a lot of other factors that are not taken into consideration ...
The divorce rate in countries like the United States is far higher than countries like Canada, and scandinavian countries have an even lower divorce rate; and you see similar trends in statistics like the teen pregnancy rate. This is so important because studies consistently show that children raised in single parent households do far worse in every measurable way than children from two parent households, especially when it comes to crime statistics; and this is especially problematic when children are raised in single parent homes in communities with high rates of single parent households.
I don't know why there seems to be a more dramatic social decline in the United States compared to Canada ...
