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Some people believe that once a person becomes a criminal, he will always be a criminal. Do you agree with this statement? Provide specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

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It is thought by some that when one commits a crime, he would stay criminal throughout his entire
life
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. I,
however
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, completely disagree with
this
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 statement because sometimes people commit
crime
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in
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under
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 the influence of a bad company
and
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to save their
life
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. The primary reason can be that individuals may choose
wrong
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the wrong
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 people to be their friends, particularly at a young age. When they get
along with
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 them, they get
involve
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 in
wrong doings
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wrongdoings
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 too
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 as intake of drugs, and
then
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 just to manage their
addiction related
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 expenses, they perform wrong acts, which
in
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as
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a results
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results
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result
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, make them
culprit
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culprits
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. A particularly good example here is Australia, where more teenagers are found guilty of robbery cases
due to
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 their drug addiction.
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that
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how the influence of bad company
make
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 them criminal, even though, they do not have any criminal history before. Self-protection could be
the
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another cause
,
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 when people commit
crime
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crimes
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. If they encounter any situation, where another person tries to harm them, they act violently with the intention of saving their
life
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.
This
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 sometimes
make
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 them offender, if the attacker loses a
life
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.
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, recently an incident happened in India, where a woman was trying to protect herself from sexual assault
,
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 when she used a weapon to save her from being victimized.
This
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 incident labelled her as a criminal in the eyes of
law
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the law
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, when the attacker got
harm
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 and lost his
life
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. But in
reality
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,reality
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 it was a self-defence act. In conclusion,
its
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 seems to me that
bad
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the bad
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 influence of others during
teenage
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the teenage
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 period and circumstances where one act violently for self-protection are situations that
makes
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make
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 a person criminal sometimes, but they are actually
decent
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a decent
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 person in reality.

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coherence cohesion
The introduction could be improved by clearly stating the writer's opinion on the topic.
lexical resource
Use more varied vocabulary and try to use idiomatic expressions to enhance your lexical resource.
grammatical range accuracy
Work on sentence structures to improve grammatical range and accuracy.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • rehabilitation
  • reintegration
  • recidivism
  • therapy
  • stigmatization
  • reoffending
  • accountability
  • support programs
  • proactive steps
  • personal choice
  • societal barriers
  • reform
  • transformation
  • opportunities
  • environment
  • social support
  • success stories
  • examples
  • criminal behavior
  • stereotype
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