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

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In recent times, the rate at which ex-prisoners are
commuting
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
committing
crimes, has become alarming,
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trend is due to several factors.
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, in
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essay; the causes of
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problem would be looked into and possible ways of solving them would be dwelled on.
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First let's
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First, let's
look at the reasons ex-criminals go back to their vomits. The
first
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factor responsible for
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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,
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, everything required for change of attitude is provided,
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to developing and underdeveloped
countries whose
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countries, whose
aim for sentencing convicted person
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are
punishment and frustration; the criminals are frustrated until they reach their elastic limit and break,
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,
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hardens the minds of the criminals and they become brutal committing more serious crimes. To tackle
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problem, the government should provide an atmosphere that encourages reformation of mind, emotion and psyche rather than a brutal environment.
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, living with other criminals, fuel the desires of other prisoners towards crime.
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is due to the
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humans naturally learn from
themselves
objective case of they
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, a criminal that was sentenced
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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.
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, 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
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, is to keep petty offenders away from felonious criminals,
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, 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
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, the government should provide a reforming surroundings and
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separate the goats and
sheeps
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
sheep
amongst the criminal and
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, giving capital punishment to those who deserve it.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • recidivism
  • rehabilitation programs
  • social stigma
  • ex-convicts
  • reintegration
  • support systems
  • mental health issues
  • addiction problems
  • criminal networks
  • incarceration
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