Next time a politician says 'we must address the root causes of violence', ask whether they're referring to 1) evolutionary processes of sexual selection 2) genetic influences on aggressiveness & impulsivity, or 3) over-regulated economies that incentivize 'illegal markets'
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Imagine 2 neighborhoods where one had a high probability of catching and punishing violent offenders and other had a very low probability. Two individuals w/ same DNA might discover it is rational to behave violently in one place and irrational in the other. What is root cause?
I suspect that (1) likelihood of being caught, (2) speed of being caught, and (3) likelihood of being convicted are much more important than (4) severity of punishment/length of jail term. But I also suspect that few criminals have even the vaguest idea of these numbers.
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Yeah. Would have to separate violent crimes between premeditated and crimes of passion as well. Deterrence might work on would be muggers but not domestic beaters.
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