Well, there are consequences for being prosecuted and convicted for these criminal organization offences, and it would appear that they will serve longer sentences. If that's a consequence unto itself and has an impact on whether or not they would desist from further criminal activity, that still needs to be tested out. That's why I would recommend further research on that very matter, because you're talking about consequential learning in a particular sub-population. How will you know?
On April 29th, 2010. See this statement in context.