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Band 5

Crime rate in most countries is often higher in urban areas than rural areas. What are the causes and solutions?

Crime
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 has been increasing in cities
where
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that
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is
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are
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 overcrowded.
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 is mainly because of
large
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a large
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number
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 of
people
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 and unemployment in developed
areas
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. There are a
number
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 of solutions which should
be implement
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be implemented
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 to deal with rising
crime
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 in urban
areas
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.
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, the reason why
crime
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higher
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is higher
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 in urban
areas
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 than in
countryside
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the countryside
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 is
a
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the
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 large
number
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 of
people
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 who have not been taught
due to
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 overpopulation in some countries.
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, some
people
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have
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apply
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lack
of
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apply
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knowledge where they are unable to show their abilities and sometimes they are involved in
crime
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 to get easy money.
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, India is
the
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a
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 developed country and
meanwhile
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meanwhile,
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crime
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 has been rising because of overcrowded of illiterate
people
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.
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,
insufficient
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an insufficient
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 of jobs
also
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 leads to growing
offenders
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number of offenders
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 who have to steal to survive.
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, urban
areas
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 always have
issue
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issues
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 with increasing
crime
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. There are two effective solutions to the problem of high
crime
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. One way to tackle
this
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 is to ensure that refugees are taken control by the
government
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 after crossing the border and
do
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apply
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not let everyone enter the country without
reasons
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reason
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. To illustrate,
great
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a great
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number
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 of
people
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 want to get into
United
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the United
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 Kingdom,
however
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,
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government
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the government
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 does not allow to do it for everyone. So, by doing
this
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, it will help citizens to be
safety
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safe
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. Another method is
supporting
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support
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 from the
government
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 which provides
subsidy
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subsidies
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 for
people
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 who have ideas to implement. It can reduce unemployment among citizens and foreigners because if they hired other
people
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 to work on their projects it would provide workplaces.
This
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 solution would hopefully prevent
crime
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 in urban
areas
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 which is rising day by day. In conclusion, close observation
for
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of
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 each entering person and subsidy from the
government
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 or investors are effective in dealing with
this
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 issue. If
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government
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the government
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 implemented
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this solutions
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this solution
these solutions
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,
crime
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 in urban
areas
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 would soon drop.

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sentence variety
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idea development
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accuracy
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topic understanding
You effectively identified key reasons for higher crime rates in urban areas and proposed viable solutions, demonstrating a good understanding of the essay topic.
organizational skill
Your essay structure, with an introduction, body paragraphs each discussing a cause and solution, followed by a conclusion, showcases good organizational skills.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • anonymity
  • social cohesion
  • socioeconomic disparities
  • desperation
  • urban stressors
  • mental health
  • community policing
  • job opportunities
  • poverty
  • inequality
  • public spaces
  • surveillance cameras
  • deterrent
  • recidivism
  • reintegration programs
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