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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.

#feel #punishment #focus #rehabilitation #prison #terms #stability
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 what the regime should do for crime committers is to give an opportunity for rehabilitation rather than keep them in jail,
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 others opine that it is
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 essential approach in order to save social stability.
This
 essay will discuss both these points of view and argue in favour of the latter. On the one hand, it is proved by many psychologists and doctors that around 90
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 of people who tend to commit any kind of serious crime
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 kidnapping, assassination or murder, terrorism and rape have psychological issues.
In other words
, individuals who are mentally ill can not only be aggressive towards people but
also
 try to do harmful things which may have tremendous repercussions.
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, the main thing that the state must do is to assist them
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 with it, focus on their internal state not keep them in prison
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 years.
For instance
, it would be better to oblige them to have private conversations with specialists like
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psychotherapist
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.
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result
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, they may not commit
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 afterwards.
On the other hand
, it would be definitely
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 decision to let that kind of
people
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 interact with society especially if they are
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the
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 recovery period. By
this
 I mean that the healing process takes time, during it there must not be any
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 or annoying situations which may lead to
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any conflict and I suppose that prison terms are important in order to avoid it. In conclusion, from the aforementioned
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 I still believe that long-term rehabilitation and prison conditions are equally important.
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task response
The essay addresses both sides of the issue and gives a clear opinion at the end. However, the ideas lack depth and development, and do not fully cover the task requirements.
coherence cohesion
The essay has a logical structure with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. However, the coherence and cohesion could be improved by using more advanced transition words and organizing the ideas more effectively.

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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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