so one standard theory of crime is that p(commit crime) is a decreasing function of p(caught | commit crime) all else equal no idea what the effect of this is but making a big deal of it is likely worse for crime rates than doing it quietly bc it changes beliefs about risks https://twitter.com/bronzebarbarian/status/1293052233274159106 …
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to get fewer cops first get a more peaceful population so that you always have as many cops as you need. Same thing for fewer prisoners.
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yes we don't talk about that part
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"Wouldn't it be nice if we stopped sending people to prison" - Well-intentioned people ca. 1960pic.twitter.com/zRzwxLKlaW
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private cops are cops :( walled gardens do seem inevitable
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