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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.

#people #crime #prison #sentences #alternative
Criminals
 are dangerous and
increase
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 day by day. So some people believe that give
criminals
 in the
prison
 as long as possible is the most effective way, whenever the other people hold the point of view that there will have
the
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 better solution for
this
 phenomenon. In
this
 essay, I am going to demonstrate both
point
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 of
views
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view
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, before presenting my opinion that there
are
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more
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the more
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 justifiable
way
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 to
reducing
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the
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criminals
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number of criminals
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 rather than
the
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longer
prison
 sentences. On the one hand, fervent advocates for
the
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 longer time in
prison
 may argue that these
thing
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 have positive influences on the number of
criminals
 and
justifiable
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 so.
Criminals
 are the most dangerous part of
person
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the person
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 who will do anything regardless
the
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 consequence in the world, so they have to be
pay
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paid
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 for their
behavior
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.
Prison
 may be the best
places
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place
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 for them to retrain and start
for
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apply
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the
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 new life, so the longer
time
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their time
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 in
prison
, the better
thinking
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arise
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.
On the other hand
, despite
aforementioned
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 benefits, I would opine that
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prison
also
bring
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 several drawbacks.
For instance
, the lack of
breadwinner
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 can
be causes
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be caused
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 by the jail of
criminals
,
the
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 criminal’s children may
be
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live without the love of their mother or father, which
also
 may be the reason
for
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criminals
 appear. So there are better solutions
of
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for
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 reducing crime
such
 as
:
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enhance
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 the protection of society,
arise
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and arise
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 the
aware
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 of
protect
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 domain for everybody. The
prison
 sentences
also
 need to rely on the extent of the criminal
behavior
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behaviour
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, if it is a light
behavior
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behaviour
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criminals
 have to pay money or do some
society
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 activities, ... In conclusion,
prison
 is not the best way for every type of
criminals
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criminal
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, it
depend
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depends
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 on the extent of their
behavior
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behaviour
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. The government need to make more activities for people who commit the rule.
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