Is Punishment An Effective Deterrent? What Pickpockets And Red States Can Teach Us

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Deterrence: U.S. States Without the Death Penalty Have Consistently Lower Murder Rates:

The Statistics, By Year, From 1900 Onward

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/deterrence-states-without-death-penalty-have-had-consistently-lower-murder-rates

"The Deadly Oppression Of Black People: Best Pax Posts"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/10/like-me-black-people-are-far-from.html

Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/reprise-are-highly-religious-people.html

Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/conservative-christians-delight-in.html

America's Passion For Punishment And Torture
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/americas-passion-for-punishment-torture.html

Christians And "Christians" Choose Between Mercy, Love And Forgiveness, Or Retribution And Punishment

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/christians-and-christians-must-choose.html

Punishment Rarely Reforms But Instead Tends To Reinforce Wrongdoing

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/punishment-rarely-works-to-reform-but.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Miscarriage Of Justice And Misplaced Punishment

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on_20.html

American Plutocracy: Who's Punished And Who's Not

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/american-plutocracy-whos-punished-and.html

"Strict Father" And "Nurturant Parent"

The Two Psychological Models That Rule Our Political Values

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/07/strict-father-and-indulgent-parent.html

Alan: As soon as belief in the overarching power of punishment dies, "conservative" "Christianity" dies with it.

Then, ironically, it will become possible to incarnate -- as prophesied by Christian Scripture itself -- "a new heaven and a new earth."

"My Gripe With Christianity"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-gripe-with-christianity.html

The Christian Doctrine Of Damnation... And The Destruction Of Christ-Spirit

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-christian-doctrine-of-damnation-and.html

James' Epistle: "Judgment Without Mercy Will Be Shown To Anyone Who Has Not Shown Mercy"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/james-epistle-judgment-without-mercy.html

Bill McKibben "The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nation Gets Jesus Wrong"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/06/bill-mckibben-christian-paradox-how.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Organized Religion And The Everyday Validation Of Violence

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on.html

"Has America Lost Its Mind?" 1A's Brilliant Interview With "Fantasyland's" Kurt Andersen
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/has-america-lost-its-mind-1as-brilliant.html

Televangelist Jim Bakker Resurrected: If This Doesn't Scare The Bejesus Out Of You, Repent For Your End Is Near!
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/televangelist-jim-bakker-resurrected-if.html

Many Christians Live In An Unbreakable Bubble Of Biblical And Theological Dunderheadedness

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/many-christians-live-in-unbreakable.html

Faith and Falsehood

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/11/faith-and-falsehood.html

Frank Zappa Prophesied A Fascist Theocracy. Barry Goldwater Agrees

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/11/frank-zappa-profesied-fascist-theocracy.html