From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 03-Aug-14 14:09, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >>>On 02-Aug-14 16:56, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
      
   >>>>Not what I'm getting at. Cops walking a beat can establish   
   >>>>rapport with people who live and work there;   
      
   >>>Right, NYC cops "establish a rapport" with people by stopping and   
   >>>frisking them even though there is no reason to suspect them of   
   >>>being criminals other than having the "wrong" skin color.   
      
   >>Of course not; that's police state tactics. There are USEFUL ways to   
   >>walk a beat.   
      
   >But NYPD chooses the police state tactics rather than "establishing a   
   >rapport" with the people they're allegedly serving and protecting.   
      
   Still wasn't what I was getting at.   
      
   >>>Crimes of passion aren't logical, I'll agree, but very little   
   >>>crime falls into that category.   
      
   >>Robbing a liquor store isn't a crime of passion; the offender isn't   
   >>thinking about consequences, doesn't think about the possibility of   
   >>getting caught later by a detective.   
      
   >Perhaps not consciously, no, but their perception of the risk of getting   
   >caught affects the subconscious risk/reward analysis.   
      
   >It is only crimes of passion, where the person acts _without_ doing that   
   >analysis, that are not affected by competent law enforcement.   
      
   You're still not making your case about how that's applicable to robbery.   
      
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