Some people believe that in order to reduce crimes, prisoners should be given longer prison sentences while some people think that there are other alternative ways. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

To reduce crime rates, great efforts have been made to achieve them. Now there are disputes as to whether we should extend prison sentence time or not. In my opinion, we have other options,

such

as enhancing education or community monitoring. Admittedly, there are a couple of advantages after we extend prison time.

Firstly

,

this

can punish the lawbreakers strictly so that they would not commit

crimes

.

Secondly

,

this

can

also

be a great deterrence to others who may have the tendency to do something bad.

However

, there are still many disadvantages. To start with, the prisons would be increasingly crowded so that there is no space for the latter criminals.

Moreover

, it would need more taxes to afford the fees and our government has less to invest in other sectors as our budgets are never unlimited.

Therefore

, I tend to think that we can take other alternative solutions. For the

first

point, we can enhance education for children, teenagers and criminals.

Thus

, children can tell right from wrong at a young age. Teenagers can get to know that there would be serious results after they commit

crimes

. Criminals can know that they have made serious mistakes and if they do not correct them, there will be more strict sentences.

In addition

, we can ask communities to monitor those who have committed relatively slight

crimes

.

This

can not only force them to correct their mistakes but

also

give them a deterrence that they cannot commit

crimes

. In conclusion,

although

long prison sentences may reduce

crimes

to some extent,

this

is not the best way for all

crimes

. We should adopt various measures for different

crimes

so that we can save social resources as well as reduce

crimes

.