Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, believe there are better alternative ways of reducing crime. Discuss both point of view and give your opinion.

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Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others,
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, believe there are better alternative ways of reducing crime, in
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essay, I'll be discussing both views and will save my opinion to the end. For those who
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prison as the solution to reduce the crime rates, I believe they
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are just looking for the easy solutions, which is probably are not effective and cost a lot. one
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hand, putting convicts behind the bars for
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longer times means a higher cost to accommodate them.
on the other hand
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, having the
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prisoners locked
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years would affect their mental stability and makes it harder for them to harmonize with
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society after their release and raises the stakes for them to break the law again, and
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to the correctional system. On the other side of the debate, the people
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the extended
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a good point,
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they
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the main role
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the correctional system, which is to correct the behaviour of the convicted. correction doesn't
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means spending years in
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security facility, but understanding
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human needs and looking to the bright side inside the prisoner, and help him get over the circumstances that led him to follow
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, and
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him the hope of a better tomorrow. From my
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, I apply a technique named "Root Cause Analysis",
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it forever,
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of chasing the symptoms.
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, in order to reduce the rates of
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crimes, we need to remove the reasons pushing
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innocent people to violate the laws, if it is
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poverty, we shall fight
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poverty and provide
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the means of decent living to all
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