Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, believe that there are better alternative ways of reducing crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
While some people believe that forcing offenders to serve a higher proportion of their sentences in prison is the best way to reduce crime rates, the others argue that there are better alternatives to deter crime. This essay will point out these two viewpoints and voice my opinion.
On the one hand, there is a wide range of reasons why some people think lengthening prison sentences is the most effective solution to reduce the incidence of crime. First and foremost, it goes without saying that people who are in custody cannot commit a crime; therefore, the crime rates might be somewhat decreased. Secondly, spending more time in prison could not only help prisoners to realize that their unlawful actions have profound consequences but also instill in them the values of being law-abiding citizens. For instance, if lawbreakers go through longer prison sentences, they would be separated from their loved ones and be deprived of their freedom for a long time. They also cannot receive social services such as public health services. In this way, transgressors will comprehend the consequences of criminal activities and do not violate the laws again. Furthermore, longer prison terms could act as a deterrent to make people think more carefully before breaking the laws.
However, I do not believe the use of harsher punishment is the optimum method to prevent crime as it could bring several detrimental effects. The first effect is that heavier punishment could shape negative attitudes toward society. In addition, if lawbreakers have to stay longer in prison, it could be hard for them to make a living after they are released into society due to the criminal records. As a result, many of them have to commit a crime to earn money, which in turns increase the re-offending rates. On the contrary, I am of the opinion that there are many better ways to combat crime. For example, the government should provide financial aid to help the poor and job seekers because the main causes of crime are poverty and unemployment. Another measure is that the government could invest in educational systems to raise social awareness of obeying the laws. I strongly believe that these solutions could be more effective because they prevent crime from the root.
In conclusion, much as I agree that longer prison sentences could be a prudent idea to some extent, I do not think it is the best way to reduce crime rates. It seems to me that financial aid and better educational systems could prevent crime in a more comprehensive way.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, however, if, second, secondly, so, still, then, therefore, while, for example, for instance, in addition, in conclusion, such as, as a result, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 7.85571142285 204% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 8.0 10.4138276553 77% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 24.0651302605 154% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 41.998997996 121% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2114.0 1615.20841683 131% => OK
No of words: 425.0 315.596192385 135% => OK
Chars per words: 4.97411764706 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.54043259262 4.20363070211 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63271512461 2.80592935109 94% => OK
Unique words: 220.0 176.041082164 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.517647058824 0.561755894193 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 667.8 506.74238477 132% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 5.43587174349 184% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 16.0721442886 118% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.4648411147 49.4020404114 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.263157895 106.682146367 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.3684210526 20.7667163134 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.94736842105 7.06120827912 141% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.9879759519 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 3.4128256513 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.320271669881 0.244688304435 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100818446536 0.084324248473 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0994740454379 0.0667982634062 149% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.238011480754 0.151304729494 157% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0690260900065 0.056905535591 121% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.0946893788 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.4159519038 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.59 8.58950901804 100% => OK
difficult_words: 104.0 78.4519038076 133% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 9.78957915832 133% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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