Does putting people in prison stop crime?

把人关在监狱里能阻止犯罪吗？

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It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.

如果千里迢迢去澳大利亚而不在悉尼停留，那就是大错特错。

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However, we didn't expect to see any of them actually stop a crime.

然而，我们没指望他们中的任何一个能真的阻止犯罪。

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But the crime did not stop people from continuing to live on the island.

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Instead, small acts of social engineering, designed simply to stop crimes from happening, helped stop crime.

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Had McQueary tried to stop the alleged crime, risk to him likely would have been minimal.

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