In many countries, the amount of crime is increasing. What do you think are the main causes of crime? How can we deal with those causes?

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year
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Forbes magazine by Interpol, there has been a steady increase in the
crime
rate in many countries especially developing countries. There are several reasons which contribute to
this
, of which corruption and poverty are the major reason behind
this
. Corruption
although
seems so insignificant but is the main culprit in increasing
crime
. Corruption is mostly observed in politics where they try to overpower the people who tries to
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their voice against any injustice, in order to make them silent they would
first
go with the softer approach by bribing the concerned person or the harder approach of the brutality of slaughtering them which results in
crime
. Most of the politicians these days have 10-15 so-called bodyguards who
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actually top goons of the locality
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with their black collar
crime
that involves extortion, murder and land mining. At the same time
crime
rates
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when there lies poverty which makes the people steal a piece of bread or meat for their survival,
as a
result
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they are put behind the bars, which ruins their life by framing them as a thief for
lifetime
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. As a
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result they
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any other opportunity apart from
this
. Government should take a strong initiative to solve
this
issue.
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they
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should pass a law that makes all politicians post their property deals publicly.
This
should be governed and monitored by an independent body where neither the president nor any politicians should have any control over it. Black money comes into play in order to reduce poverty.
Thus
, if we follow some stringent rules and enact some laws we will be able to see the difference soon.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • economic disparity
  • propensity
  • recidivism
  • deterrent
  • rehabilitative
  • judicial system
  • corruption
  • socioeconomic
  • alienation
  • stigmatization
  • decriminalization
  • enforcement
  • gentrification
  • preemptive measures
  • intervention strategies
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