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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
we do already have some element of that, you will get a steadily increasing sentence if you carry on offending, the guy in question got 4 years for his last assault which was likely little different than his first in violence, the US loves inflexible rules, 3 strikes and you're out etc which leads to situations where a guy who did some dumb stuff as a teenager gets locked up for life for stealing a pizza or something stupid like that in his late 20's when he's maybe turned his life around.
None of this prevents crime I should add, you can lock everyone up for long sentances and there will still be as much crime
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Your last statement can’t be true. If a person is in jail they can’t commit a crime against someone outside it. So jailing does reduce crime. It does not reduce rate of recidivism or likelihood to commit a first offense. It isn’t a deterrent but it does prevent crime.