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Originally Posted by Flubflow
That is just another polarised view.
In the U.S.A. you have higher prison sentences than we have. In some places you also have the ultimate negative reinforcement, the death penalty, yet you still have a much higher crime rate than the U.K.
How does that "all evidence shows..." go again?
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The ultimate negative reinforcement is very effective. That person never commits another crime again.
Prisons are not as effective as physical punishment. Also, we tend to send people to prison longer than you do. Case in point, a murderer would get life in some states, in the UK he may get 5 years.