• sab
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    122 years ago

    I will never understand why it’s so freaking hard to deal with bike thieves. Should be the easiest thing in the world to catch these people red-handed and make it so that stealing bikes was actually associated with risks. If law enforcement wanted to actually improve the quality of life in cities, it would be an obvious place to start.

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      -12 years ago

      There’s yet to be any proof that increased sentences reduces crime. It’s a social problem, people do what they need to do to live.

      • sab
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        82 years ago

        I don’t think increased sentences is necessarily where the shoe is pressing, but rather enforcement in general. Right now the risk of getting caught stealing a bike is next to zero, and it’s basically an industry. It’s not primarily poor people who need to steal to afford food, it’s organized groups travelling around stuffing bikes into vans.