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0 pointsUser232y ago0 comments

I didn't realize that there's a conservation law for crime. Is this some kind of ingenious application of Noether's theorem that I haven't heard of?

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smt882y ago

If you're going to be sarcastic, you should to make a point that makes sense.

Criminals react to successful surveillance and law enforcement. It's idiotic to suggest that they wouldn't.

User23OP2y ago

You are still claiming that crime is conserved. It's not possible, even likely, that a reduced cost-benefit for committing crime shifts preferences toward some non-criminal activity with a more attractive risk-reward profile?

smt882y ago

Conservation of crime isn't a claim I made and it isn't relevant to my comment.

If ShotSpotter were successful, crime would move to a different area and/or go down. Arrests would be made, so it's impossible to assume crime rates wouldn't change in that scenario.

Neither happening in correlation with ShotSpotter installation, which is one way we know these tactics don't actually work.

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smt882y ago

If you're going to be sarcastic, you should to make a point that makes sense.

Criminals react to successful surveillance and law enforcement. It's idiotic to suggest that they wouldn't.

User23OP2y ago

smt882y ago

Conservation of crime isn't a claim I made and it isn't relevant to my comment.

If ShotSpotter were successful, crime would move to a different area and/or go down. Arrests would be made, so it's impossible to assume crime rates wouldn't change in that scenario.

Neither happening in correlation with ShotSpotter installation, which is one way we know these tactics don't actually work.

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