The severity of the punishment has an effect on crime.
We are too soft, with any crime.
But with rape, the sentences are a joke. Proof of it is this man. He has only been sentenced after several crimes.....
That is the root of the problem.
Longer sentences that are actually served, mandatory work in prison, provision of a real and disciplined structure in prison, real rehabilitation programs.
If someone goes into prison and has to get up at a regular time, clean their space, work, study, have real good psychological evaluations and so on, they may straighten their lives. But the reality is that there is a huge problem with drugs inside our prisons. And they are useless.
A real tangible risk of deportation will act as a good deterrant, for those born abroad.
Sentencing from first offence, longer sentences, tougher conditions, high discipline in jail and even, I dare to say, chemical castration and rehabilitation centres for those who still have violent or sexual abuse tendencies and thoughts after their stay in jail.
We have to be tough on any criminal. From first offence.
The rights of any criminal can never be equal or higher than that of the law abiding citizen. They renounced to that equality when they took the rights of others, particular in violent attacks. No criminal gives a shit about the rights of their victims. There is where they lose their own rights. And they have to re-learn how to respect others or be kept away from society, at any cost.