In countries, crime is increasing. What are the main reasons for this? What can be done for this situation?

Over the past ten years or so, not only developing

countries

but

also

developed nations have faced increasing

crime

rates

in their domestic societies. Some sociologists believe that

this

trend happens because of the fast-growing Internet and social media platforms. While some anti-

crime

experts suggest that the rising

crime

rates

come from the unbalanced social structures and unequal allocation of the wealth between the rich and the poor.

This

essay will discuss the main reasons why

crime

is increasing in

countries

and give some solutions to tackle

this

tricky situation. On the one hand, it is generally accepted that many

countries

develop their domestic industries and businesses to let their economic situations become more prosperous and wealthy.

That is

to say, governments in these

countries

are focused on boosting their economic growth

such

as GDP and GNP.

However

, most of the industries and businesses in these nations are more relying on the Internet networks and functions which gives many cyber criminals great opportunities to do something illegal

such

as stealing private data and hacking online banks to threaten them to pay a huge amount of money. These cyber crimes have become popular since the mass-scale usage of the Internet.

On the other hand

, it is

also

believed that the growing

crime

rates

come from the unbalanced social structures and unequal allocation of the wealth between the rich and the poor.

That is

, the

crime

rates

may increase if the allocation of wealth in societies is unfair and unbalanced. To be more specific, the poor may be jealous of the fortunes of the rich. At the same time, governments or authorities should work hard in decreasing the fortune gaps between the poor and the rich as possible as they can.

Furthermore

, they should provide more social welfare and insurance

such

as national health insurance and more subsidies for the low social and economic class to assist them to live better in their

countries

. In conclusion, it can be asserted that the

crime

rates

are increasing in

countries

, but the governments or authorities can use some methods

such

as social welfare, insurance, and subsidies to prevent and tackle the possible crimes in their

countries

or nations.