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Some people who have been in prison become good citizens later, and it is often argued that these are the best people to talk to teenagers about the dangers of committing a crime. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Some
people
 consider that the best
people
 to educate the younger generation about how dangerous committing a
crime
 could be are those ex-offenders. I partly agree with
this
 idea. I understand that these ex-prisoners have educational meaning. They can tell the youth how they are involved in
crime
, what
prison
 life is like, and how their lives have been changed after committing a
crime
. It seems that they are more convincing to younger
people
 because ex-prisoners have real experience with life in
prison
. The vivid and perhaps shocking nature of these stories may have some deterrent impact.
However
, I doubt that these reformed prisoners may intentionally pass on the message that the result of making a
crime
 is not as terrible as what
people
 usually think of, because criminals have enough chances to alter themselves in
prison
. And these reformed criminals are right
the
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 reference to
this
.
This
 situation may cause an opposite effect to deterrent.
Therefore
, I think there are better alternatives to educating young
people
 about the danger of committing a
crime
. Police officers can be more suitable to talk about
this
 with teenagers. They can speak more about the boring
prison
 life and the long-term impact of
prison
 periods on criminals.
For example
, many ex-prisoners have been caught in trouble when finding decent jobs.
This
 information can pose a stronger deterrent to students. To sum up, I believe that
people
 like police officers can have expected effects when educating younger adults on
crime
 things, while the citizens who used to be in
prison
 can have some effects on
this
 topic to some extent.
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  • deterrent
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  • role models
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