In judging crime, the primary divide ought to be between violent crime and non-violent crime. More decisive measures ought to be taken to prevent violent crime than non-violent crime, and the punishment for violent crime ought to be harsher than the punishment for non-violent crime.
This view may appear logical. When the main bodies of penal law were codified in most countries during the 19th and 20th centuries, this view prevailed and largely resulted in codes that were proportionate along the principle of differentiating between violent and non-violent crimes.
But since then, the penal codes of many countries have become the favorite playgrounds of those who aim to change human societies to conform to their own interests.
For the Kreutzian ideology, this is relevant in the context of drugs and sexuality.
Individual drug use, which does not involve violence against others and does not harm others (unless extreme cases are construed), ranked as a minor offense in original penal codes (if it was considered an offense at all). However, it is factually incorrect that individual use is now threatened with punishments on par with murder in many countries; while drug *trafficking* can carry extreme penalties, including the death penalty in some jurisdictions, simple possession and personal use typically carry much lighter sentences.
Likewise, some claim that sexual harassment, even if only verbal, is punished more heavily when the victim is female than the physical assault of a male. In reality, physical battery carries heavier statutory penalties than verbal harassment in almost all legal systems. However, it is true that police and prosecutors may prioritize sexual offenses differently depending on the jurisdiction, and the social consequences for verbal harassment can be severe.
Making such comparisons, of course, is not politically correct. I will be blamed for defending the male “right” to sexually harass females, even though this is not what I mean. But compared to hitting somebody physically, making offensive verbal remarks is a lesser transgression, though legally and socially it is still recognized as a violation, rather than no transgression at all.