In most countries, the crime rate is often higher in urban areas than in rural areas. Why do you think that is? What can be done to reduce the crime rate?

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Evidence suggests that in the vast majority of
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the percentage of
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in cities is higher than
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in villages
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there are specific root causes behind
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issue, effective policies can be adopted to remedy
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situation. There are two main reasons why public insecurity in cities has a bigger share in comparison with
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, the population density is to blame.
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,
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cities
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in cities
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, in rural areas most
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know each other or are relatives thanks to the small community that they have,
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; it is less likely that rural dwellers
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commit
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, a thief presumably
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not steal from her or his family which is not the case
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urban areas where
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are strange.
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,in small regions most of the population
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to the same social class
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citizens come from a wide
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of classes so, lower classes might tend to offense the higher
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classes
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of society and it can be seen that most of the thieves are poor and have tried to rob a wealthy person. There are,
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, some solutions to tackle
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phenomenon. One step would
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higher education for all
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to say, the more citizens are educated, the less they turn into criminals, Take a doctor or teacher as an example;
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of
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almost never deliberately commit a
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. Another viable alternative is to create more job opportunities in order to decrease deprivation. poverty leads to many social problems including criminal behaviours and wealthier
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do not want to engage
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any wrongdoing.
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, high
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pollution
is the main cause of
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level of
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in urban regions and in spite of all contributing factors,
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community
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a community
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with higher education and lucrative jobs
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the main key to
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this
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • population density
  • economic disparities
  • unemployment
  • anonymity
  • law enforcement
  • economic desperation
  • vocational training
  • community programs
  • drug prevention
  • conflict resolution
  • community policing
  • surveillance cameras
  • predictive policing
  • social cohesion
  • recreational programs
  • support groups
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