No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.
如何なる罰も犯罪の発生を抑止し得る力を有した事は無い。
それとは逆に、懲罰がどれだけのものであれ、一度新たな(種類の)犯罪が発生すると、その再発率は初犯の発生時よりも遥かに高くなる。