Prison is the common way most countries try to solve the problem of crime. However, a more effective solution is to provide the public a better education. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is believed that teaching the community better to solve the problem of
crime
is more useful than sentencing criminals
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. I totally agree with
this
opinion. There are a variety of reasons why
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proportion of educated citizens can effectively reduce
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of crimes. One reason is that educated people know the danger of
crime
and its consequences as they are taught to residents by many
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governmental
groups. As a
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, they will not tend to commit a
crime
due to the punishments of the authority
such
as prison
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. Another important reason is that in areas that have many educated inhabitants, the
number
of unemployed people is low which
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the rate of wrongdoings.
For example
, in big cities
such
as Tokyo, almost residents have proper jobs
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to the
number
of criminals each year
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lower than the average of the world. Apart from the
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practical
benefits expressed above, I believe that prison is not a good way to reduce the
number
of crimes.
Firstly
, prisoners won't have good conditions in prison, which makes it harder for them to change their attitudes towards the community.
For instance
, many prisoners in Vietnam still carry out wrongdoings after their sentences due to
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of education in prisons.
Furthermore
, teaching people when they were young is much more effective as many youths haven't had bad intentions
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the public.
Consequently
, many of them will have great attitudes when they get older, which
lessen
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the
number
of crimes. In conclusion, I believe that educating the community to solve the problem of
crime
is much better than prisoning criminals
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. It is recommended that the government should fully
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its citizens.
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