Some people think that the government should be responsible for crime prevention, while others believe that it is the responsibility of the individual to protect themselves. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

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Crime
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commitment protection is the responsibility of
government
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based on some people's
belief but
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belief, but
on the other
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hand some
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hand, some
consider that it is a personal responsibility. In my opinion, I think that both sides are partially true and it needs to discuss both of them concurrently,
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, I think
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of all people have to protect themselves from committing the
crime
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and
then
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if they are not successful
,
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it would be governments' turn to control the criminals. On the one hand, people are responsible for their actions, that means, each person is taught about right and wrong
behavior
manner of acting or controlling yourself
behaviour
,
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so, they are expected to act in
right way
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the right way
a right way
, in another word, they are expected to have
self-control
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of doing unpleasant or harmful actions especially when their act or
behavior
manner of acting or controlling yourself
behaviour
might hurt other people. Totally, a
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conscientious
person never commits the
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and
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of that, the
crime
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rate would reduce, if people improve their
self-control
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behavior
manner of acting or controlling yourself
behaviour
or listen to their conscience.
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, some people believe that
government
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has to prevent the
crime
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commitment
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commission
committed
. It is partially true because a powerful
government
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could run out the law or increase the security in the community by training more police officers. Sometimes
government
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neglected some of the rules because of criminal connections with authorities and the lack of strength in running out of the law increase the
crime
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rates. What's more lack of security, make it possible to committing the
crime
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without fear of arresting or punishment.
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, in my point of view, it is essential to teach the younger generation how to have
self-control
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in order to create individual protection of committing a
crime
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and the
government
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should increase their monitoring on punishments and security. In conclusion, we have two groups of people. One
consider
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considers
that the cause of
reduction
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reduced
the
crime
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rate could depend on authority controls and another group think that
self-control
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is one of the best ways of preventing a
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commitment
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committed
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • responsible for crime prevention
  • legislative power
  • trained personnel
  • public institutions
  • police force
  • judiciary
  • correctional facilities
  • maintain law and order
  • public good
  • personal accountability
  • self-defense measures
  • security systems
  • vigilant
  • community watch programs
  • education on personal security
  • empower individuals
  • reduce the risk of becoming victims of crime
  • synergistic approach
  • robust governmental measures
  • proactive steps
  • collaborative approach
  • foundation of security
  • aware and prepared citizenry
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