Many offenders commit more crimes after serving the first punishment. Why is this happening? And what measures can be taken to tackle this problem?

In recent times, the rate at which ex-prisoners are

commuting

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

committing

crimes, has become alarming,

this

trend is due to several factors.

Therefore

, in

this

essay; the causes of

this

problem would be looked into and possible ways of solving them would be dwelled on.

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First, let's

look at the reasons ex-criminals go back to their vomits. The

first

factor responsible for

this

trend is; the environment where people serve their jail terms. The surrounding of a criminal is a crucial matter, take as an example; In developed countries, the main purpose of jailing an offender is for reformation,

thus

, everything required for change of attitude is provided,

in contrast

to developing and underdeveloped

countries whose

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countries, whose

aim for sentencing convicted person

is

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are

punishment and frustration; the criminals are frustrated until they reach their elastic limit and break,

consequently

,

this

hardens the minds of the criminals and they become brutal committing more serious crimes. To tackle

this

problem, the government should provide an atmosphere that encourages reformation of mind, emotion and psyche rather than a brutal environment.

Secondly

, living with other criminals, fuel the desires of other prisoners towards crime.

This

is due to the

favtvthat

humans naturally learn from

themselves

objective case of they

them

. Take

for instance

, a criminal that was sentenced

as a result

of theft and the other was jailed for murder, when both of them are put together as prison mate, they learn more incriminating things from each other.

Also

, allowing a petty offender to be prison mates with

an

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a

hardened criminal, it won't take so much effort to influence the criminal with a petty

offense

a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others

offence

. A solution to

this

, is to keep petty offenders away from felonious criminals,

furthermore

, criminals with capital offences should be given capital punishment, to prevent them from affecting others negatively. To sum it all, the environment and the company, prisoners interact with determines the attitude ex-prisoners have towards crime, so

therefore

, the government should provide a reforming surroundings and

also

separate the goats and

sheeps

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

sheep

amongst the criminal and

lastly

, giving capital punishment to those who deserve it.