 Van den Haag also believed that law breakers have more of an inclination to do it again.Breaking the law, leads to a form of moral decay when eventually offenders no longer can distinguish right from wrong, thus repeat offending is a common occurrence.His response to this was, “The only permanent, and irrevocable incapacitation is execution.” Van den Haag believed that any temporary or permanent incapacitation only reduces the crime rate if there are no more compensating increase in crime by other people.