I disagree. There is no evidence deterrence works, and I think it's very unlikely that there are people who want to commit sexual assault who would decide that it's not worth the risk if more people were punished. I…
Sure, the statistics are not very good, but we don't have anything better. We have some evidence that property crime has gone down relative to other parts of the country (and much better evidence for homicide, which…
Some relevant links: https://www.ppic.org/publication/crime-trends-in-california/ https://citycrimestats.com/statistics/ https://applieddivinitystudies.com/sf-crime-2/
I disagree. There is no evidence deterrence works, and I think it's very unlikely that there are people who want to commit sexual assault who would decide that it's not worth the risk if more people were punished. I…
Sure, the statistics are not very good, but we don't have anything better. We have some evidence that property crime has gone down relative to other parts of the country (and much better evidence for homicide, which…
Some relevant links: https://www.ppic.org/publication/crime-trends-in-california/ https://citycrimestats.com/statistics/ https://applieddivinitystudies.com/sf-crime-2/