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Question: Agree or disagree: The criminal justice system should seek to reduce crime, and the criminalization of an action is only worthwhile if criminalizing it actually reduces that action from happening.
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John Dule
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« on: September 21, 2021, 02:46:03 PM »
Criminalizing something can only increase the amount of crime, as more actions will be designated as "criminal."
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John Dule
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2021, 05:46:42 PM »
Quote from: Ferguson97 on September 21, 2021, 02:57:46 PM
Quote from: The Timorous May Stay At Home on September 21, 2021, 02:46:03 PM
Criminalizing something can only increase the amount of crime, as more actions will be designated as "criminal."

You get what I mean, for example will criminalization marijuana consumption reduce the amount of times marijuana is consumed?

Well if I'm not being snarky, I agree. If a law doesn't actually decrease the prevalence of an activity, then all the government is doing is just siphoning off revenue from the population. This is how speed limits work, for example.
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