There seems to be an increasing number of serious crimes committed each year. While some think the best way is to use death penalty as a deterrent, many people believe that other measures will be needed. Discuss both sides.

Serious

Suggestion

The serious crime rate

crime

rate has been increasing year by year. Some people believe that the death penalty should be considered in order to discourage these crimes.

However

, others think that different measures should be taken in consideration. I will discuss both views below, before arriving at a conclusion. One the one hand, considering death penalty as a possibility of conviction could definitely act as a dissuasive method to lower serious

crime

rate, as it has a tremendous psychological effect.

For instance

, its impossibility of being appealed in court could constitute an effective psychological barrier that would help serious crimes to be avoided. Another consideration about capital punishment is that it attacks the problem by eliminating the offender, which could be considered as a guarantee of non recidivism.

On the other hand

,

society

should not consider to rely solely on dissuasive methods, but to address the root of the problem. Recent studies indicate that one of the most important aspects of individuals who commit serious

crime

is

the low

Suggestion

lower

or non-existent academic education, leading that to the impossibility of applying for formal jobs.

Thus

, a good way of preventing crimes from its very origin, would be to give the opportunity of those potential criminals to be educated and integrated into the

society

through formal employment. In conclusion,

although

dissuasive methods would help to lower

crime

rates, it would not address the underlying problem associated to integrate individuals to

society

.

Therefore

, considering alternate measures

such

as the described above would be more beneficial for USE SYNONYMS

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Suggestion

Companyhumanitycommunitynationculturecivilizationworldpublicassociationpopulation

It is important to use synonyms in your writing, as you will lose marks if you repeat words from the question and use the same words in your essay over and over. If you do that, it will show the examiner that you have a limited vocabulary and you want to do the opposite for a high band score.

society

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

Society

.