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Originally Posted by Bodhisattva  Nonpositive can be a negative. If you mean zero then say zero. As it is, there are more chances that saying nonpositive means a negative than it does a zero. |
Crikey, you been on the cocktails? Non-positive is the correct vocab as my comment required that the net marginal benefit is reduced to deter criminal activity. We have to also refer to the importance of zero as that would imply indifference (and therefore deterrence would still be operating as the attractiveness of committing the crime has still been eliminated)