Crime Quote by Thomas Gilovich

“Regression effects teach us specious lessons about the relative effectiveness of reward and punishment.”

— Thomas Gilovich

All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.

— Alfie Kohn

Punishment damages goodwill and self-esteem, and shifts our attention from the intrinsic value of an action to external consequences.

— Marshall Rose

“We should also remember that punishment and inequality are intimately linked—that the causality runs in both directions. Disparities in punishment reflect socioeconomic inequalities, but…

— David Cay Johnston

“The lack of consequences only feeds bad behaviour.”

— Steven Redhead

A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.

— George Washington

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

— Bertrand Russell

Behavior is determined by its consequences.

— B. F. Skinner

“Accepting punishment – that would be revolutionary.”

— David Burr Gerrard

“Punishment creates crime.”

— Silvia Hartmann

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

— Friedrich Nietzsche