Prison is the common way in most countries to solve the problem of crime. However, a more effective solution is to provide people with a better education. Agree or disagree?

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Criminals are one of the hard challenges which most countries have to deal with. There is a school of thought regarding jailing
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a normal way to cope with criminals' problems,
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people
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have come up with a more effective solution which provides
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with better
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. Personally, I would argue against
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idea as there is no proof that
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will tend to reduce doing illegal things if they have been well educated. There are compelling reasons
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as to why there will be some
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doing bad things regarding their awareness and outer effects. Regarding the former, some
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will be likely to ignore what they have been taught and do what they want despite its consequences.
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great students because some do not adopt the given knowledge. With respect to the latter, there are several reasons
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make a person become a criminal. In fact, one of them could be the financial pressure which forces them to steal money for their living, the other factor may be violence from their parents, and they will follow
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what they have absorbed.
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convinced that our
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system may not meet the requirement to provide
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. In the first place, providing good conditions
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learning in a wide range will cost a lot of money.
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, sending criminals to prison is a method of pushing for what they have done. In conclusion,
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there are justifications for providing
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, I would contend that jailing them will be a more effective way.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • tackles root causes
  • preventative approach
  • critical thinking
  • decision-making skills
  • recidivism rates
  • equipping
  • socio-economic benefits
  • underlying factors
  • poverty
  • ignorance
  • lack of opportunities
  • rehabilitation
  • ineffective
  • higher rates of re-offending
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