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Band 4.5

In many countries crime is increasing. What are the main reasons for this? What can be done to improve the situation? Support your position with relevant examples and include your own experience.

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In many nations, the
crime
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 rate is going up
due to
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 many reasons,
such
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 as high unemployment, abuse of drugs and the rise in illegal foreigners, despite
this
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 measures can be taken to tackle
this
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 development,
for instance
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 providing employment prospects
especially
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, especially
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 for the youth, dealing with the
drug
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 use problem and tightening the
immigration
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laws
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. The rising unemployment
rates
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 in many
countries
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has
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consequently
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 resulted in many people conducting
in
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criminal activities. As individuals fail to get
descent
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decent
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 jobs they opt to find money to take care of their needs and wants through illegal ways
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 by stealing, fraud and robberies. For illustration
countries
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 with high unemployment
rates
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 record high
crime
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rates
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 annually. Illegal
immigration
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,
furthermore
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, results in higher
crime
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rates
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. A lot of foreigners enter
into
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neighbouring
countries
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 fleeing from being penalised
from
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for
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 their bad deeds in their mother
countries
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 and
as a
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result
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result,
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 they break
laws
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 in the country they migrate to.
Drug
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 abuse has
also
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 become a driver of
crime
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. Many
drug
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 addicts end up engaging in crimes because they will be under the influence of toxic substances.
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, there are solutions that can be employed to deal with the problem of increasing
crime
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 in many
countries
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. The government can provide
unemploynment
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unemployment
 benefits to everyone who doesn't have a job
inorder
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in order
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 for them to access basic needs even though it motivates people to be lazy.
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, it can employ effective policies that can boost the economy and attract foreign
entreprenuars
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entrepreneurs
 to invest in their country thereby increasing jobs.
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, tightening
of
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drug
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 trafficking
laws
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 and penalising anyone found in possession and influence of these toxic substances can reduce the
crime
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 rate. For illustration,
countries
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 that have strict
drug
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laws
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such
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 as Bangladesh and China
were
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where
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 anyone found in possession of drugs is put on
a
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the
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 death penalty or life in jail have recorded a fall in
crime
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rates
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.
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 , tightening
of
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country
boarders
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borders
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 can help reduce
immigration
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. In conclusion, even though , the
crime
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 rate
keep
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keeps
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 growing in many nations because of illegal
immigration
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 and
drug
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 abuse , strict
measure
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measures
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such
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 as introducing tight
immigration
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laws
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 and favourable economic policies can help deal with
such
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 a challenging development.

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