What I was saying is that the evidence of deterrence generally with crime is quite weak, but I think there's good reason to believe that with conditional sentencing it's even less, primarily because those who are selected for conditional sentencing are usually selected on the basis that they feel substantial remorse. They are seen as low risk by the court. They've already been identified as unlikely to reoffend, so recidivist rates among those who are unlikely to reoffend is low.
On September 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.