I'm not going to continue answering a question where the very basic premise of your question is in error, so I'll just complete this. I will deal with the aboriginal issue.
In further studies of these matters, Professor Levitt and Thomas Miles concluded in “The Empirical Study of Criminal Punishment” that there is a direct correlation between sentence enhancements, like mandatory penalties or truth in sentencing guidelines, and a decline in the crime rate. They attribute these findings to both the effects of deterrence and incapacitation.
I should also mention that the authors also discussed the need for appropriate levels of resourcing for police and crime-fighting strategies, both items that our government has committed to pursue. And I commend this chapter as an excellent discussion of these matters.
Another example is borne out in the study conducted by McDowell, Loftin, and--