I'm not an advocate of bringing it back wholesale, as inevitably happens when a society devolves into lawlessness, but I think would be criminals should be fearful of basic societal norms.
An old Italian friend of mine told me that even the New York mafia had standards in the 1950s and early 1960s. For example, it was well know if you peddled hard drugs, especially to youth, you might expect to be found swinging from a lamp post on some dark and stormy night.
To this day I don’t know what happened in that house.
I’m guessing some promises were made by both parties.
Yes, funny how there was honor among thieves.