alt Hacker NewsI have not lived in “the city,” meaning New York, so I cannot speak from direct experience.
I agree that trust is not maintained by moral sentiment alone. But the United States is already a society with relatively harsh punishment, and yet it still has a high crime rate.
So I do not think law enforcement is the whole explanation.
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WalterBright • today at 1:09 AM
Crime rates in NYC move in inverse proportion to enforcement.
When the National Guard was deployed in Washington DC, the crime rate plummeted.
Crime rates soared in cities that decriminalized shoplifting.
That's because having to pay the large fine does not deter crime, and bumping the price does not have a major affect. Increasing the odds of getting caught is much more effective. [0] shows states this outright in the abstract
[0] https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/wp-content/uploads/202...