Know what would also be a good replacement for jail time or fines for petty crimes?
Make the perpetrator wear a really, really stupid hat.
It’s so stupid it just could work.
One school tried something like that. Students who broke school rules had to wear orange jail robes. They thought it was so cool they kept breaking the rules just to get the chance to wear something like that.
Yes, because they thought it was cool. Now silly hats on the other hand, if they were made so there is no way they can;t be humiliating…