Each year the crime rate increases. What are the causes of crime and what could be done to prevent this rise in criminal activity?

The

crime

rate is considerably increasing nowadays. Despite all attempts of governments and societies to prevent

this

phenomenon, it seems solutions can not be successful to reduce the

crime

unless they consider underlying root causes of

this

issue. The

first

root cause, and perhaps the most important one, is unemployment, and the consequent financial problems.

That is

to say, citizens who have not any occupation to the living cost, are more likely to commit a

crime

, in order to afford their basic needs. To tackle

this

problem, the government should attempt to improve the national financial state, so that more companies can employ more people.

This

can decrease the number of unemployed citizens. The

next

step would be funding those who are unable to find a proper job.

Therefore

, the government can assure that almost all people can pay their needs, and do not require committing a

crime

. These steps can, significantly, reduce the

crime

rate in the society.

Although

low financial balance is considered the main reason for

crime

, many people, especially adolescents, commit it because of peer pressure. Teenagers, usually, tend to rely on their friends rather than their families.

As a result

, if their surrounding people persuade him or her to commit criminal activity, it would be seriously hard for juveniles

to avoid

Suggestion

avoid

it. Many juvenile crimes, like graffiti and vandalism, are performed simply under pressure of criminals’ friends. For eliminating

this

, parents and schools are responsible to make youngsters aware of

this

kind of pressure and educate them to avoid

such

friendships.

In addition

, a significant number of criminals have

also

been encouraged to

crime

by media violent contents, which have noticeably increased recently. A good solution would be dwindling production of these programs.

Moreover

, TV channels and other composers should label all shows with age-related warnings. Parents,

this

, can control, more effectively, what their children can watch, to minimise the negative impacts. To sum up,

Crime

is a highly important issue for every society. The government, media, schools and families should work together to tackle the problem by removing the main contributing factors,

such

as the poverty resulted from lack of job opportunity, juvenile circumstances and media impacts.