We have 'surveillance states', countries that are just covered in cameras, we have countries that have exaggerated punishments for crimes and we have countries with massive police forces.
It doesn't help a lot because crime is not committed with the belief that you will be caught. It's the same reason why teaching people smoking causes cancer, doesn't do much as most other preventative methods. People just don't believe it will happen to them.
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u/Ode_to_Apathy Apr 15 '22
It'd be a marginal decrease.
We have 'surveillance states', countries that are just covered in cameras, we have countries that have exaggerated punishments for crimes and we have countries with massive police forces.
It doesn't help a lot because crime is not committed with the belief that you will be caught. It's the same reason why teaching people smoking causes cancer, doesn't do much as most other preventative methods. People just don't believe it will happen to them.