They refuse to do anything about the real cause of crime: poverty.

他们拒绝采取任何行动解决引发犯罪的真正原因：贫困。

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However, city dwellers do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers.

然而，城市居民确实更担心犯罪，这导致他们不信任陌生人。

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Their basic criticism was that prisons do not reduce the crime rate, they cause recidivism.

他们的基本评论为：监狱的存在无法降低犯罪率，它只能引发重犯。

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What would you do if you had this power, the power of this magic ring, where you could commit any crime, indulge any vice, commit any outrage and be sure you could always get away with it?

你们如果也拥有这般神力，透过来自神奇戒指的魔力，将可以违犯任何罪行，放纵自己，干下任何不道德的行为或暴行,也不用担心,因为永远可以藉由神力遁逃？

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Many of the issues that young people face online have nothing to do with crime.

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Crooked executives should be punished: if they can't do some time, they shouldn't do the crime.

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Thus, a potential insider trader does not ask himself: if I do this crime, will I go to prison for 2 years or 10 years?

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