People think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others believe that there are other alternative solutions for reducing crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion on this topic.

Some people argue that for diminishing

crime

rate the excellent way is to keep offenders at the prison for a longer

time

period. Others say that different solutions can

also

be applied to tackle

this

issue. While the prolonged amount of

time

at prison hugely impacts on other offenders, making them think twice before their action, I believe, that providing of regular

rehabilitation

programs is able to influence

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society even more and reduce criminal activity. On the one hand, if the rules were stricter it would influence significantly other potential convicts, who are thinking either to do criminal actions or not. Non-sure people, who have just started to think about their doings may become scared of possible

time

being arrested.

Thus

, a report recently commissioned in Russia estimates that after the punishment for domestic violence was doubled in

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018 year, the number of crimes has declined to roughly 10% less than in years before the law refreshment.

On the other hand

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the

rehabilitation

programs on a regular base is able to tackle the issue of the criminal rate from the long-term perspective.

Rehabilitation

programs can have a private format focused on a certain type of criminals. Programs aim to make offenders better citizens and provide them with education or vocational training. Rehabilitated prisoners are considerably less likely to be re-offered. To illustrate, the system of prisons in most of the states of the USA was already worldwide rewarded by

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authorities for its results of decreasing the

crime

rate. Due to the implementation of

rehabilitation

programs since

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900s the number of those who become re-offered sharply dropped to approximately 15%. To conclude, criminal isolation for a prolonged

time

span is able to become a trigger for others desired to commit a

crime

not to do so.

However

, there is another way to reduce

crime

using regular

rehabilitation

programs, which influence both a society as well as criminals themselves, encouraging them to become better people.