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In order to reduce crime, we need to attack the causes of crime such as poverty and lack of educational opportunities. It is enough to simply have more police on the street and put more people into prison. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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The rate of crime has evidently increased in the past times. And surely we need to aid its causes by taking some effective measures.
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, merely having more police appointed on the roads and incarcerating more
people
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, I certainly disagree with the
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furthermore
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 will discuss what policies
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government
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 introduce and increase the awareness of ethical and moral
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values
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 to aid the cause.
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, political administration should come up with measures in return
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 cause, like formulating policies, which reserve the employment of
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,
Additionally
, they can formulate campaigns, which will provide awareness to the
people
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Moreover
, free education can be provided to
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unprivileged
people
 with no barrier to age.
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funding and
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 it on the
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 cause, and many favourable changes have been seen in
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 behaviour and lifestyle. Apart from the
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 can play a vital role in driving behaviour of the children from their very foundation. Mandatory classes
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 moral and ethical science should be held either on daily basis or alternatively.
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 will help children to differentiate between right and wrong deeds. To illustrate that, in primary school, I used to have free classes, where
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 used to recite moral stories and as an assignment, she asked students to help five
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the following day, upon which
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 provided us with the grades. In a nutshell, putting more cops on the streets and locking
people
 in jail will not help. Until and unless the government policies and
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 course of action does not come into the picture.
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