Well, there is at least one country operating that way. Perhaps it stops some crime, but that country is not a nice place to live.

• Most criminals do not believe that they will be caught.
• Most criminals do not plan for the long term, let alone generations.
• Depriving the children of legitimate life choices will guide them towards criminal choices.

So what I'd expect is what we see in parts of the US, only more so. Perhaps no immediate breakdown of society, but it will fray at the edges.

And of course any decent human being will not punish the child for the sins of the parents. Morally that's just like a terrorist taking hostages. So either the decent voters change the system or they leave.

Well, there is at least one country operating that way (pp. 24, 27, 35 of the report). Perhaps it stops some crime, but that country is not a nice place to live.

• Most criminals do not believe that they will be caught.
• Most criminals do not plan for the long term, let alone generations.
• Depriving the children of legitimate life choices will guide them towards criminal choices.

So what I'd expect is what we see in parts of the US, only more so. Perhaps no immediate breakdown of society, but it will fray at the edges.

And of course any decent human being will not punish the child for the sins of the parents. Morally that's just like a terrorist taking hostages. So either the decent voters change the system or they leave.

Well, there is at least one country operating that way. Perhaps it stops some crime, but that country is not a nice place to live.

• Most criminals do not believe that they will be caught.
• Most criminals do not plan for the long term, let alone generations.
• Depriving the children of legitimate life choices will guide them towards criminal choices.

Well, there is at least one country operating that way. Perhaps it stops some crime, but that country is not a nice place to live.

• Most criminals do not believe that they will be caught.
• Most criminals do not plan for the long term, let alone generations.
• Depriving the children of legitimate life choices will guide them towards criminal choices.

So what I'd expect is what we see in parts of the US, only more so. Perhaps no immediate breakdown of society, but it will fray at the edges.

And of course any decent human being will not punish the child for the sins of the parents. Morally that's just like a terrorist taking hostages. So either the decent voters change the system or they leave.