Some people think the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, think there are better alternative ways to reduce crime. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Criminal is always a big
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to every national security. Compare to the past, nowadays, the number of
crime
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kept
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day by day. That makes some
people
think the best way to reduce crime is to give
a
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longer
prison
sentences
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to warn the
other
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others
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. But some
people
think there are lots of better ways, not just
prison
sentences
. So which one is better? Let’s take a look!
Prison
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is a place that makes
people
think about
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mistakes, a place
that
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no one
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to live because of the facilities and the domination of jailer. So,
a stiff
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stiff prison sentences
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prison
sentences
can make things happen. Life in
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prison
is the worst life a person could ever have. So they would try to have a good re-educate, and they could end their
punishment
earlier. After
then
,
almost
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prisoner
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prisoners
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will try not to break any
law
, so they don’t have to go back to jail again. But there are some
law
-breakers
still
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who still
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live outside the
law
after jail, so
prison
sentences
are not the right
punishment
for them anymore. For
this
reason,
people
think that there
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more
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better
punishment
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punishments
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that could help. Education is a clear
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.
People
should be taught about laws,
policies
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and policies
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, improve
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awareness about laws and the impact of those bad actions like it could affect
to
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the others like their
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families
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, their friends, etc.
On the other hand
, we should give a higher living standard,
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easy
invironment
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environment
to live
so
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the number of
crime
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crimes
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could reduce. The government
also
should have policies to help the unemployed, especially after their
punishment
, so that they could feel easy to live and would not break the
law
again. In conclusion, every
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have its own advantage and disadvantage. The court
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to give an appropriate
punishment
with
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to
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each guilty person so that they could realize that their actions
is
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are
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sinful and will not make it again.
That is
when
law
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is right.
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