Some people think that not all criminals should be kept in prison. Some criminals should do unpaid work to help other people in the community. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

It is thought by some, that not all felons should be put in jail but rather they should complete community work. This essay agrees that lawbreakers being able to work in the community can be really beneficial. Firstly, this essay will discuss how allowing them to do this can benefit society and secondly, the importance of doing community work as a punishment.

On the one hand, giving work to those who break the law as an alternative to jail can have a good impact on their community. Many places have this type of program in place, making the workers clean up trash, sweep the roads and paint communal buildings. These jobs need to be done, but instead of paying council workers, using a free labor force in the form of criminals, is one way for them to pay back their debt to society. For example, in the USA it is common practice for criminals to complete 100-1000 hours of community service instead of jail time for minor offences.

On the other hand, doing community service as a way of punishment is a very good idea. This can help improve the environment of a city without costing the municipality a single cent as these services will be provided by minimal crimes offenders for free. This can also be an eye-opener for people because they will be tasked with hard work, making them repent and learn not to re-offend. For instance, an article by the Metro Manila Development Authority in 2014 reported that the numbers of jaywalkers dwindled rapidly when the City of Manila passed a city ordinance that rendered 30 hours of community service.

In conclusion, I agree that those who commit minor offences should be able to complete work in the community, to work hard, collecting trash, painting dilapidated buildings and sweeping the roads as a form of punishment. Helping the community should be their way of repaying their debts and learning not to re-offend.

Votes
Average: 7.3 (1 vote)

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, really, second, secondly, so, for example, for instance, in conclusion, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 13.1623246493 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 24.0651302605 112% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 41.998997996 100% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1556.0 1615.20841683 96% => OK
No of words: 325.0 315.596192385 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.78769230769 5.12529762239 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24591054749 4.20363070211 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58445787066 2.80592935109 92% => OK
Unique words: 174.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535384615385 0.561755894193 95% => OK
syllable_count: 476.1 506.74238477 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.60771543086 93% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 42.3631803959 49.4020404114 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.692307692 106.682146367 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.0 20.7667163134 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.92307692308 7.06120827912 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.241353102792 0.244688304435 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0879796104191 0.084324248473 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0651387513975 0.0667982634062 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150600149544 0.151304729494 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0769184744784 0.056905535591 135% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.0946893788 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 50.2224549098 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.8 12.4159519038 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.62 8.58950901804 100% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 78.4519038076 98% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.1190380762 119% => 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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