Deterrent for future crimes?
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Do you think punishment for a crime should be a deterrent for future crimes? Would a more lenient punishment for a first time offender be a sufficient deterrent?
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This solution discusses in detail whether or not punishment is a deterrent for future crimes.
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Punishment as a deterrent of future wrong-doing, where it works to deter either the same person's repeating the offense (or doing anything else wrong) or where it serves to deter others from committing the same (or any other) offense. Punishment sometimes is a deterrent, and as long as it is not a draconian or unfairly harsh deterrent, or is not otherwise inappropriate for the crime or misbehavior, particularly when less harsh or more appropriate deterrents are reasonably available, it may be employed.
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