Many offenders commit more crime after serving the first punishment. Why is this happening, and what measures can be taken to tackle with the issue?

The numbers of criminal activities by a lot of criminals increase after they have served their

first

sentence.

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main reason for

this

phenomenon is very little societal acceptance for

such

people.

However

,

this

issue can be taken on effectively if society accepts these criminals and gives them another chance to be good citizens again.

First

-time offenders tend to commit more crimes again after the

first

punishment ends because

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society does not consider them

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part again.

This

unacceptance

then

creates a kind of negative impact

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the minds of criminals, who

then

do not want to improve.

Thus

, they continue their strides of crimes.

For example

, a case study was done by crime.com

last

year, in which it interviewed criminals who were imprisoned for the

second

time. 97% of those criminals cited the lack of acceptance by fellow people for them as the only reason that had led them to commit crimes again. The problem can actually be dealt with by accepting

first

-time offenders and giving them another chance to be good citizens again. When

such

people are given a chance to be part of the honest citizenry again, they do not let go of it.

Therefore

,

first

-time criminals

then

change into normal responsible individuals of

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society again.

For instance

, in the aforementioned survey by crime.com, the same 97%

also

stated that had they been given respect and normal treatment by fellow citizens, they would never have committed the crimes again. To sum up,

although

societal unacceptance can make

first

-time criminals commit crimes again, societal acceptance can change them into honest individuals.

Thus

, the latter is a good method to deal with the issue.