Some people believe that giving longer prison sentences is the best way to reduce crime. Others believe that there are better ways to reduce crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

It is argued that the most effective method of reducing

crime

is giving jail imprisonment for a long period of time.

However

, some people think there are existed another method to decrease the criminal quantity. Long sentences might stop only some minor criminals; it is unlikely that a majority of felony would be committed anyways.

This

essay will consider why eventually only few

crime

types will be reduced. Long confinement would help to stop essential crimes because human does not want to be convicted for a continuous period of time and destroy their whole life. In China,

for example

, minor crimes are very rarely because of the severe law. Chinese has the lowest rate of theft, shoplifting, burglaries and robberies.

In addition

, for these kinds of

crime

, human might spend 10 or even 20 years in the jail.

That is

why, long sentence may cut minor offences which is about 70% of the

crime

.

Conversely

, criminals, who committed a major

crime

, do not afraid long incarceration. These people do not care about punishment and they know in advance that it may be higher penalty.

For instance

, in the United States of America exist capital punishment,

however

every year, hundreds guilty murders, terrorists are under death penalty and hundred thousand get whole life isolation. For these reasons, long imprisonment does not work properly with major criminal and there must be other ways to reduce felony. To conclude, it is increasingly likely that longer penalty will cut felony. Long custody will eventually fall minor atrocities while it will not affect to the major criminals. Ultimately, most

crime

will be reduced by long sentences.