I guess it could, if ya were just interested in solvin' that crime an' nothin' else.

But if a bunch a crimes are all done 'cuz the folks in question are desperate, well, even if yer punishments are somethin' real frightenin', people are still gonna do 'em.

[That's something he knows from experience. Going again and again until the only reason he stopped was because his weak body simply couldn't move.]

But if ya solve the reason for all that desperation, maybe you'll actually make some a that crime stop. S'the reason why I stopped stealin' when I was young, after all.

[And then went on to kidnapping listen it's complicated]