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...why he would think that preventing a crime would be merely "thought to be better" than solving one escapes me, unless he's worried he'd be out of a job as a judge if it became too effective. I can see that it could get out of hand if the police used draconian tactics to prevent the crimes, arresting them for being suspected of thinking about committing a crime, but anything can get out of hand if not done properly.



In fact, the police have been known to prevent crimes in such a way as to seem draconian. After all they are primarily human, therefore subject to errors in perception. Ahem.