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[DC/Batman] In some sick way, does Batman take pleasure in not killing his enemies just to see them come back so that he can stop them?

I'm looking at this from the perspective of Bruce Wayne who lost his parents and is always reminded of that. Surely as Batman he could easily put down the bad guys once and for all, but his "no kill" policy and his fear that he might not be able to stop killing if he starts, stops him from doing so.

So I'm wondering, does he get some kind of smug satisfaction from constantly hurting his enemies, almost EXPECTING them to come back? I mean, he's fought against his enemies many, many times, he can just say "fuck it, end this once and for all", but no, he just locks them up in Arkham or something. Almost as if he WANTS them to return.

Has this ever been explored or am I just thinking too much into this?

Edit: I'm not questioning his no-kill policy, I'm just asking that knowing the no-kill policy is in place, does that give Batman freedom to cause more and more harm to his enemies without actually killing them? Pretty much a torture.
gpt
People are complicated, people like Batman even moreso. We can never rule out that some small sadistic part of him doesn't get a rush from beating up repeat offenders. 

It's probably why he has such strict rules for himself: he knows that if he starts killing people, not only will he be unable to stop, he'll be having *too much fun* to stop.