When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or '31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldn't keep up the payments.
Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.
Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity.

