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

Nowadays criminality is a topic of great concern in most part of the world. A fact

that is

particularly important refers to individuals who tend to

reoffend

money returned to a payer

refund

offend

after leaving the prison. Many reasons contribute to increasing the problem, but the lack of job opportunities for

first

-time offenders might be the main cause. In order to find solutions, it is necessary to rethink how the state structures the punishment system.

First

of all, it is of the utmost importance to acknowledge that offenders face a considerable prejudice when they come back to life in society.

Hence

, finding a position in

labor

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

labour

market can be an insurmountable task. Many employers check criminal records so as to verify if the candidate have been imprisoned,

for instance

.

In addition

to that, prisons to do focus on reeducation, so the period spent in jail is just a waste of time. Had the system been conceived prioritizing the

resocialization

of criminals, repeat-offending would be less frequent. Considering that the rising number of criminal offences pose a challenge to the life in society, it is vitally important to find a blueprint to reform the punishment system. A solution would be to see time in jail as an opportunity

to

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for

development

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developing

new skills, especially, related to demands in the job market.

For example

, in

United Kingdom

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the United Kingdom

, individuals who were in prison could complete graduate studies in criminology and start teaching after going out. Another possibility could be to give incentives to companies that hire

first

-time offenders.

Although

rehabilitation

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the rehabilitation

of people who have committed crimes is always a controversial matter, it is possible to include them back to society if we could offer reintegration through economic activities. Making a mistake is something that can happen to anyone of us and the collectivity is

also

responsible for thinking how to avert

this

occurs again.