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Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, there are better alternative ways of reducing crimes. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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For a long time ,
prison
 sentences were a controversial topic.A vast majority of
people
afirm
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affirm
a firm
 that longer
prison
 sentences
is
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 proportionally correlated to the minimisation of
crime
, others are of the option that there are different alternatives to
this
 problem. Extended
prison
 punishment has several benefits.
This
 decision would make
people
 think twice before committing any type of
crime
.
As a
result
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this
 would reduce essentially the number of prisoners.
However
, extending the
prison
 sentence is not effective from the
economical
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 point of view because the number of prisoners will escalate and jails will be forced to be reconstructed to get additional space and to employ more staff for the security of the prisoners.
As a
consequence
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 the state will have to invest extra funds into
this
 particular sphere that does not bring back any profits.
On the other
hand
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 some
people
 argue that it is more beneficial to apply different methods to reduce
crime
.
Firstly
 , if a country has jobs
where
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 citizens could apply
and
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 make a decent living
out of
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, the number of criminals will be reduced.
Consequently
, funds that would have been used for the construction of jails will now be used for
economical
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 development and
people
 will have a better living.A substantial root of
crime
 is selfishness and greed.
This
 can be extracted from our society by teaching young children the right way of living.The change would result
into
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 a different society that lives greater and has a decreased
crime
 rate. In
conclusion
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 it is true that both views have their own unique advantages and disadvantages.
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