In many countries, the amount of crime is increasing. What do you think are the main causes of crime? How can you deal with those causes?

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It is a known fact that crime-rates have drastically gone up and is continuing to do so, globally.
This
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essay aims at examining the major reasons behind
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trend and
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looks at possible solutions. In the current scenario, two main causes of crime are lack of equal opportunity and personal
vengance
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
vengeance
. When there is not enough resources available, the survival instinct of humans
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kicks
in and they are forced to fight for it.
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fight is what triggers a lot of crimes.
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, when a person doesn't have enough money and he sees there is someone else enjoying the things he wants to, he is instinctively drawn towards activities like cheating, robbing etc. Another reason for most crimes is personal
enemity
a state of deep-seated ill-will
enmity
. We are living beings with a variety of emotions, anger being one of those. A lot of previous grudges result into these crimes.
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, need of something and hatred
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for
of
something is what drives most crimes. Some possible solutions are ensuring most needs of people are met and enforcing strict laws and punishment for these
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crimes
. When the basic requirements like hunger, clothing and shelter are met a lot of criminal
activities
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activity
will go down.
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, if there are enough houses for everyone, things like space encroachment will dramatically reduce.
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there is enough fear of being punished, people will refrain from doing things that could land them in trouble. Take for an example, when capital punishment was introduced for rape, the number of
attrocities
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
atrocities
on women went considerably low. In a nutshell, if we ensure there are no motives like a lack of something and a sense of danger against wrongdoings we can bring rates at which crimes happen down. To conclude, lack of something and grudge of something is what causes most crimes.
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, we can tackle it with enough resources and the right rules in place.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • economic disparity
  • propensity
  • recidivism
  • deterrent
  • rehabilitative
  • judicial system
  • corruption
  • socioeconomic
  • alienation
  • stigmatization
  • decriminalization
  • enforcement
  • gentrification
  • preemptive measures
  • intervention strategies
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