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 views and give your opinion.

A school of
thoughts
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hold that giving longer custodial sentences is the best
way
to cut down on
crime
. Others,
however
, believe that there are many
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ways to reduce
crime
. In
this
essay, I am going to
eclucidate
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elucidate
both 2 statements, before
explaing
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explaining
why I partly agree with
prison
sentences. 
Firstly
,
this
punishment can separate dangerous individuals from the world. In the other words, if there were no
law
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for bad
behaviors
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,
this
world would become chaos.
Conversely
,
prison
will be the most effective solution to solve
this
phenomenon as prisons are the only place which can
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a set of correct moral behaviours into them.
Therefore
, the world will be more stable and safer.
Secondly
, custodial sentences can
also
deter those who want to commit crimes. It can be explained by the fact that the harshness of
prison
and a controlled lifestyle is something that nobody
want
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.
For instance
, when they have
intented
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intended
invented
intent
to murder, the radio is playing
a breaking news
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man
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were
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sentenced to death
this
morning because of killing a family.  There are several non-custodial
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that can be used to alleviate criminals. One
way
to tackle
this
is to make great administrative fines if they do
such
bad activities. By doing
this
, it will
hepl
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help
them to think again before committing a
crime
due to the
lager
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amount of money. Another alternative
way
that
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the goverment
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goverment
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government
can supervise their daily life
by
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using electronic tagging. For
examle
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example
, they stole money
in
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the bank and had been arrested.
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of putting them in jail,
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the goverment
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goverment
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government
movement
would still give them a chance by allowing them to work and live normally but under government control.
This
may lead to
change
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their
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bad
way
of thinking and intentions.  In conclusion, having training in
prison
are
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the most effective solution
for
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the problem. If governments implemented these solutions,
crime
figures would soon drop.
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