In recent years, there has been considerable discussion about how to create a safer society, and this has turned into a dilemma facing many. Some people think of longer prison sentences as the best way to combat crime whereas others prefers alternative ways to achieve the same goal. In my opinion, both should be taken into consideration as they have their own merits.
On the one hand, lengthy incarceration has the deterrent effect on the public, particularly those prone to perpetrate crime, and Singapore provides the world with a good paradigm. After the Singaporean government has implemented the policy of longer jail sentences, this country experiences a downward trend in the number of law offenders, and this is due to the fact that the majority would choose to be law-abiding citizens for fear of being deprived of lifelong freedom. Though this measure is criticized as inhumane, it effectively deters people from violating laws, thereby reducing crime rates.
On the other hand, others propose less strict strategies, like education, to curb crime. They suggest that extending compulsory education produces two profound effects on reduced criminality. First, in terms of the short-term effect, this policy gives teachers opportunities to inculcate a sense of social responsibility to potential delinquents in the classroom, temporarily preventing them from engaging in illegal behavior. As illustrated in a social study pertaining to crime reduction, crime rates peak at the age of 18, but keeping teenagers in school during this key period can help ensure that they never proceed down the wrong track. Second, as far as the long-term effect is concerned, extra time spent in the education system equips people with professional skills conducive to better jobs and makes crime relatively less profitable. This is because the by-products of education such as stable wages and employment tilt the individual away from crime. In other words, there will be a long-run and sustained reduction in criminality for the group who received the extra education, as opposed to those who did not.
In conclusion, the two views have their pros and cons, but still, I maintain that both of the harsh and lenient measures are needed for crime reduction. The former might be effectively creating a crime-free society while the latter is a way to instill correct values into our next generation.
- Some people believe that it is good to share as much information as possible in scientific research, business and the academic world. Others believe that some information is too important or too valuable to be shared freely. 84
- Social media has replaced the traditional methods of communication and people use more and more social media to communicate and to follow news and events Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages 95
- The charts below show reasons for travel and the main issues for the travelling public in the US in 2009 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant You should write about 150 words 92
- With the increasing demand for energy sources such as oil and gas should people be looking for sources of oil and gas in remote and untouched places Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages of damaging such areas 100
- With the increasing demand for energy sources such as oil and gas should people be looking for sources of oil and gas in remote and untouched places Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages of damaging such areas 84
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, second, so, still, whereas, while, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion, in other words, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 10.4138276553 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 8.3376753507 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2013.0 1615.20841683 125% => OK
No of words: 383.0 315.596192385 121% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25587467363 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.42384287591 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85454663442 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 243.0 176.041082164 138% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.634464751958 0.561755894193 113% => OK
syllable_count: 629.1 506.74238477 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.10420841683 238% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 5.0 0.809619238477 618% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.76152304609 210% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 20.2975951904 123% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 55.7317384142 49.4020404114 113% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.2 106.682146367 126% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.5333333333 20.7667163134 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.2 7.06120827912 116% => 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 : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.240278326597 0.244688304435 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0779106799418 0.084324248473 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0931785521094 0.0667982634062 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.151553856375 0.151304729494 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0785254248414 0.056905535591 138% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.1 13.0946893788 123% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 50.2224549098 92% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.3001002004 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.91 8.58950901804 115% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 78.4519038076 156% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => 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: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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