Some people believe that longer prison sentences are the best way to decrease crime while others believe that there are alternative ways to decrease crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Crime

is

pervasive

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problem in most countries nowadays.

While

it is sometimes thought that increasing

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jail

time

is the best possible method to curb the

crime

, others argue for alternate solutions. In

this

essay, I will examine both views and explain why I feel that extended

prison

time

is unfair, and

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counseling

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counselling

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and rehabilitation for substance abuse are better alternatives. Those who believe longer

prison

time

is the best solution to reduce

crime

have two main arguments. First of all, it could deter

offenders

to commit

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crime

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crimes

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.

This

is simply because

offenders

tend to be afraid of the sentence they might face once they commit any wrongful act. Indeed, the

crime

rate for petty crimes,

for instance

, tends to be higher than the crimes with longer

prison

sentence

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sentences

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. Another argument is that there will be

decreased

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a decreased

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number of

re

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re-offenders

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offenders

in

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society because of the longer

prison

sentences. As it is well known that reoffending after completing their

jail

time

is still common,

this

can be curbed by keeping them in

jail

for longer

period

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periods

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of

time

.

As a result

, the longer they are in

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prison

, the

less

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fewer

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criminal acts that might happen in

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society. Others,

however

, myself included feel that there are some better possible ways to curb the

crime

rather than increasing sentence

time

.

One

of them is providing counselling to the

offenders

while

they are still in

the

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prison

. By doing so the number of reoffenders might reduce.

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of criminal acts

depends

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on the circumstances rather than intention, so providing support to those

offenders

helps in

reduction

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the reduction

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of

possibility

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the possibility

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of

commiting

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committing

crime

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a crime

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again. Another

one

is opening rehabilitation

centers

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centres

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. As substance abuse is

one

of the leading causes of

crime

, dealing with that through rehabilitation is

a

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best way to reduce most of the

crime

. In conclusion,

although

prolonged

jail

time

is

one

way of dealing with

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the

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increasing

crime

rate, it is not the best way. In my view, tackling

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the root cause of the problem

such

as

with

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abusers and

reoffenders

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offenders

re-offenders

actually reduces the

crime

rate.