Some feel that punishment should focus more on rehabilitation instead of long prison terms. Others feel prison terms are important for social stability. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

Due to the rapid spread of violent scenes through films and TV programs at an alarming rate, the

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rate

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increases these days. Some people argue that the best way to inhibit offences is to lock up the

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, but others insist that it is necessary to educate

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not to commit crimes again. The aim of

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essay is to explore both points of view and elucidate my opinion in the following paragraphs.

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of all, we need to apply strong punishments, not only the

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should pay for their sins but

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we can stop potential crimes. Unlike in old times, we no longer implement the principle

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as "an eye for an eye", which means if I have killed someone, I should die in return. Rather than that, the modern penalty system depends on imprisonment since we even respect the rights of prisoners.

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, it is indisputably important that every convict should be secluded from society so that we can achieve social justice.

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, it needs to be considered that imprisonment is not the best way to reform their misdemeanours. Some studies show that people learn new methods of

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in prisons as they live together.

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, the proposal to transform the way of edifying them rather than punishing them is convincing.

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, some advanced countries

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as Denmark and Sweden are running so-called "living prisons" which means

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could learn new life skills to prepare for themselves after discharge and it has been very successful as the

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rate has sharply decreased. To sum up, it is irrefutable that we have to pursue a

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-zero society, because we want to make our communities safe.

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, if we put our efforts too much only to penalize them, we might make driving them again into the dark corner of

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. I personally support that government and specialists all together work together how to educate so that they can overcome the temptation of

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