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Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison
sentences. Others, however, believe there are better alternative ways of
reducing crime.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
Arguments over how best to stop the increase of crime rate have been going on,
especially in the recent decades. Some insist giving prisoners longer prison
sentences would be the best way. Although there is some truth to that statement, I
still think that there are better alternatives to tackle this matter.
There are many benefits of sentencing offenders longer prison period. Firstly,
spending a long time in jail provides an opportunity to get them more rehabilitated
through many services available inside. For instance, they could have more time
to reflect their own behaviour and re-educated themselves the way not to re-
offend once they are released. Not mentioning, having a lengthy period in prison
also means having more careful vocational training, which would work as a better
preparation for a positive back to society with lesser changes to re-offend. In
addition to this, with a longer period of the prison sentence, it would be a more
effective deterrent for someone who is thinking of commit a crime. In fact, the
longer the criminals who committed more serious damage to others such as
murders or assaults are separated from society, the stricter the punishment shows.
On the other hand, some people argue that it is not simple so because leaving
people in prison for a long time also leads to some negative influence while there
are some alternative methods to low the rising levels of crime. In somehow, the
prison system can make the situation worse when giving offenders changes to mix
with other criminals and gang up a potential group for future criminals when they
are released then. While one other way to deform offenders is community
services, of course under heavy supervisions in order to keep safe for innocent
civilians, which would help their character (to be) improved when it is not only a
way for them to pay the price
for their sins, but also makes them feel still
contributing/ helpful to their local communities. If so, when being released they
still keep a sense of belonging to their communities and feel much easier to
reintegrate back into society. On top of that, the government could focus its
resources on the causes of crime, which would lead to less crime in the future in
society degrees. For example, maintaining the quantity of police on the street is
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really necessary because if there are less police, it is more likely for people to
commit crimes because of greed.
In conclusion, there are clear grounds both for and against long imprisonment in
individual levels as well as society one, however, I lay my thoughts alongside the
alternative ways.
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