Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, believe there are better alternative ways of reducing crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion

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the duration of sentences for prisoners is the better way to defeat
crime
, according to many people, while some people believe there are different and better solutions to solve
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of the latter. On the one hand, to guarantee the respect of law and protect everyone from criminal actions, it is crucial the subscription of strict lows and hard punishments, on the
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of the gravity of the guilt. Giving longer prison sentences could be the way to reduce
crime
, discourage the ones who would commit an illegal action and make our countries more secure.
Moreover
, the certainness of the punishment could be the
first
step in the war against criminality.
On the other hand
, there are better ways to decrease illegality, without
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recourse to longer imprisonments,
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the security on the streets and trying to reduce the poverty and lack of education that affect many areas and quartiers in each place of the world. In fact, the link between
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quality of life and high rate of
crime
has been frequently demonstrated in various realities.
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, it has been observed that reducing the harder sentence decreases substantially the
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criminality
rate and illegal incidents.
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, restorative justice is a great way to help people to recover their lives and become better citizens. In my
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it is more auspicial
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just be
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the stringency of sentences and punishments has been proved not to be efficient enough against
crime
, while it is better to guess the different causes of criminality development and adopt different and resolutive solutions, like restorative programmes.
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