It has been asserted that long term imprisonment is more helpful to diminish the rate of crime, however, some people oppose this statement and preferred other methods more beneficial. In this essay, I will examine both views and discuss why I consider that root causes of evil must be addressed to reduce the crime rate instead of an extended stay in lockups.
To commence, longer prison sentences are an excellent way to decrease the crime rate. This is because it prevents criminals to have an opportunity in an open and free environment. Although I blame the negative attitude of the society for the increase number of crimes, the unstable emotions of the patient are equally responsible as well. So, prisoners retention for a longer period in jails could be helpful in addressing the prisoners behaviour by medical professionals and transforming them into useful citizens of the community.
On the other hand, there are some other best methods to cope with law violators in the country. Since the physical and emotional torture in a prison is likely to have a negative influence on the prisoners, it is better to adopt other ways. For instance, poverty and illiteracy are often blamed to be the leading causes of offences, so if these factors were addressed properly through proper individual education and implementing policies on the community level, it would be very easy to eradicate the crimes.
I, however, opine that the state is responsible to work on a grass-root level, to ensure proper education facilities, eradicates poverty and offers psychological counselling to the offenders rather than long term retention in prisons which would reduce the crime rate.
To conclude, I reiterate that sometimes longer stay in jails may be inevitable, but as long as the root cause of crime is not handled properly, the crime would not show any decline.