Levels of youth crime are increasing rapidly in most cities around the world. What are the reasons for this, and suggest some solutions?
Soaring
crime
among today's youth is one of the major problems cities overcome nowadays. Although
the culprit might be the lack of opportunities, there are many short-term and long-term solutions to reduce crime
rates.
On the one hand, young people are living in an uncertain and unstable world, where high rates of unemployment are commonplace. Additionally
, especially in the developing world, young adults are discouraged by the high competition rate among newly graduated. Coupled with the high cost of living, this
may lead many of them to commit crimes in order
to feed their families. For instance
, in a recent survey of young offenders in New York, many of them cited poor job
prospects as their reason for offending. Another cause of the crime
rate surge might be the high level of dissatisfaction experienced by city youth. Many cities are overcrowded, bustling and run down and this
pushes some folks to crime
.
On the other hand
, governments
should enact two different types of solutions. In the short term, governments
should offer free job
-training programmes along with counselling to job
seekers in order
to inspire young adults to continue seeking a job
. For example
, a recent training scheme for the unemployed in Berlin has resulted in a 25% reduction in youth crime
. Over the long term, governments
and city leaders should work to make cities a
more livable places, by creating more green areas, reducing taxes on low-income brackets and developing better infrastructure for city inhabitants.
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although
few job
opportunities come with widespread dissatisfaction with the living conditions causing many urban youths to commit crimes, there are many governments
can do in order
in order
to prevent and reduce crime
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
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- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
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- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
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