1539
literally useless (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 weeks ago by not_IO to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] recall519@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago

It's a bit disingenuous to pretend police and punishment in general are not a deterrent. Yes, reducing police has shown to reduce crime for some time in certain case studies, but not removing them.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

however, just like the severity of punishment, after a point the more police you have see diminishing returns, and in serious over policing cases you start to get more crime because they start looking for reasons to hand out fines and smaller charges to justify/fund their job. However, prosperity reduces the amount of crime more than anything, in a given population.

this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
1539 points (100.0% liked)

Political Memes

8459 readers
1732 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS