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

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, it is still debatable whether criminals should be sent to jail for longer
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of time or
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. In my opinion, using another method will be more effective in reducing
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is particularly effective in reducing
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when it is targeted at serious and repeat offenders. Providing
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sentences for a long time will have a deterrent effect on criminals. They will not repeat the
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they committed because they already know how tormented they are living in a
prison
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that severely limits their freedom as human beings.
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, if people are imprisoned and educated during their long
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term, they will leave
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as
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good and insightful
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since they have learned something important from jail. Despite the above argument, I strongly believe that opening
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opportunities should be considerably taken as one of the alternative ways in reducing
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. There are motives from perpetrators to launch their actions in doing
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, one of which is
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reason
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. Regarding that, by providing as many
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opportunities as possible, stakeholders can help
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the number of
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because people are able to fulfil their needs on their own since they have a
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to make money from.
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, a banker, who works in a state-owned enterprise, would not do
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crime
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for economic reasons since he/she has a
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to earn money from to fulfil his/her daily needs. All in all,
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the two methods above can be applied to reduce the rate of
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, I believe that
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creating as many jobs as possible it will be able to reduce the
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rate because the most common reason people commit
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economic factors.
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