I got the impression that such feuds were common in prison. As such, it would increase them.
Also, while drug-dealing does tend to result in long-lasting feuds, it wouldn’t happen if it wasn’t black-market. As such, the primary reason people go to prison (in America) wouldn’t help with this.
I agree that we should imprison as few people as possible.
My point was that having murders punished by the state rather than by the victim’s families leads to fewer people in prison. If we don’t jail Bob for killing Ken, then Ken’s brother kills Bob, so then Bob’s brother kills Ken’s son, and so on. At least, that’s what tends to happen in societies without effective law enforcement.
Yes, literal feuds. Cycles of tit-for-tat revenge that involve violence or are likely to escalate to violence unless the injured party (or their surviving relatives) perceive that “justice has been done” through state-imposed punishment. I lived in West Virginia, which such feuds were common before effective law enforcement was substituted for private revenge.
This is clearly not an argument for punishment in the case of victimless “crimes” or offenses unlikely to provoke escalating retaliation.
I got the impression that such feuds were common in prison. As such, it would increase them.
Also, while drug-dealing does tend to result in long-lasting feuds, it wouldn’t happen if it wasn’t black-market. As such, the primary reason people go to prison (in America) wouldn’t help with this.
I agree that we should imprison as few people as possible.
My point was that having murders punished by the state rather than by the victim’s families leads to fewer people in prison. If we don’t jail Bob for killing Ken, then Ken’s brother kills Bob, so then Bob’s brother kills Ken’s son, and so on. At least, that’s what tends to happen in societies without effective law enforcement.
Literal feuds?
Murder isn’t exactly the most common crime.
Yes, literal feuds. Cycles of tit-for-tat revenge that involve violence or are likely to escalate to violence unless the injured party (or their surviving relatives) perceive that “justice has been done” through state-imposed punishment. I lived in West Virginia, which such feuds were common before effective law enforcement was substituted for private revenge.
This is clearly not an argument for punishment in the case of victimless “crimes” or offenses unlikely to provoke escalating retaliation.