>>213835434It wasn't actually that easy to escape punishment because society was much more restricted so there fewer opportunities and any time you broke routine would be more likely to arouse suspicion.
Want to murder someone you don't know so there's no motive and nothing linking you to a crime?
Everyone in the community noticed that you're a stranger in the area so they're more likely to keep an eye on you or not let themselves into vulnerable situations around you and if a crime does happen you'll be the first suspected and if you can;t convince them of your innocence you'll likely be declared the culprit. And if you try to commit a serious crime in your own community , if you're suspected due to having a motive, or if your movements are unusual or unaccounted for with no alibi then you're still likely to get punished
England and several other European countries became pretty successful at executing their violent criminals in the middle ages , which over the centuries meant Britain became less violent and people became more trusting because there were fewer criminals.
The backbone of having a society that's nice to live in is killing your violent criminals.
A death penalty for breaking into someone's house for example is a very effective form of eugenics.
So would be a 3 strike rule for all violent crimes, breaking and entering or theft. The first two times you just get corporal punishment or a prison sentence, the third time death penalty.
automatically executing all 3 time repeat violent offenders would reduce violent crime 80% .