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

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The graph illustrates the information about the variety of activities done by the elders in their leisure
time
 from 1980 to the present in the United States. Overall, it is obvious that
time
 spent reading, hiking and surfing the internet has reached its apex point at the end of a given period apart from some fluctuations.
In contrast
, free
time
 consumed by older people for watching TV and going to theatre reduced slightly over 10%, compared to their peak, at the end. According to the graph, the significant and perfect rise of hiking, which stood at 20% in the 1980s and has hit 80% in the 2010s, can be seen over the period.
Similarly
, elder people pay more attention to TV since the 1980s, which percentages were raised considerably to end up at 70% in the 2000s
then
 dropped moderately.
Nonetheless
, going to the theatre has become the least popular activity among all of the activities throughout the given timeline.
Although
 elders took
time
 on surfing the internet at only 8% at the beginning of the period, the ratio of activity has leapt dramatically from the 2000s onwards.
Likewise
, the percentages of the people who were interested in reading increased in 10 years from the 1980s to 1990s but the ratio dropped unfortunately to about 20% by 2000s. Afterwards, there has been an upward trend in
this
 activity.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • deterrent
  • recidivism
  • rehabilitation
  • ethical considerations
  • economic factors
  • social factors
  • community policing
  • public opinion
  • recidivism rates
  • community-driven initiatives
  • modern policing methods
  • death penalty
  • serious crimes
  • crime rates
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