Some people think that best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Other however believe that there are other alternatives ways of reducing crime. Discuss your opinion?

For centuries there a plethora of ways

have been trying

Suggestion

has been trying

to reduce

crime

rates.

However

, some believe that increasing prison

sentence

might reduce the number of crimes committed while others opine that there are alternate ways of tackling it. I support the latter as increasing

sentence

might have an adverse effect and working on factors leading to crimes seems imperative.

To begin

with, the more time a prisoner spends in prison, the more he or she is unlikely to be rehabilitated or adapt to the society outside. To cite an example, in a recent research study on Tihar

jail

in India, it was found that the prisoners who spent less than 2 years in

jail

did not commit another

crime

after getting out while the ones who had spent more than 10 years in the

first

term were back in

jail

. The

second

timers had forgotten or lost touch of living in a civilised society.

Hence

, spending more

jail

time has proven to have an adverse on

crime

rates.

In addition

, facing the reasons why people commit crimes is more important than keeping the criminals away from society. To cite an example, in a documentary on poverty in India people in rural areas said they had to opt for scamming and stealing as they had no financial or any kind of support from the government.

This

begs the question is that if we would have been in their shoes, wouldn't we have

also

done the same?

Therefore

, tackling the reason why people commit crimes can be more effective in mitigating

crime

. In summary, longer prison

sentence

might in fact increase the frequency of crimes and working towards the root cause where people are forced to commit a

crime

could be more efficient. In conclusion, I do not agree with the fact that stretching the

sentence

period is the best way to reduce

crime

.