Some people think the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, think there are better ways to reduce crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion
There are opposing views regarding the lengthening sentence is the most effective method to control crime. From my perspective, while imposing a longer sentence is good for cutting crime in the short term, I believe there are more beneficial alternatives in the long run.
In the short run, it can be significantly advantageous if wrongdoers suffer long-term imprisonment. Advocates of this view often argue that the purpose of the longer prison sentence is to punish law-breakers and therefore act as a deterrent to avoid potential offenders and former convicts, hence reducing the crime rate. This can be exemplified by some Asian countries, as punishment for drug-selling can be an indefinite sentence, which in order to prevent youngsters from taking part in dissolute activities. However, by doing this, criminals are prone to be isolated from society and therefore have difficulty entering the workforce to make ends meet which will give rise to their chance of recidivism
In the long term, however, there will be far greater benefits if the government offers rehabilitation and educational programs to criminals behind bars. Such activities play an integral role in tackling crime as these help offenders reintegrate back into society and make a fresh start after being released, which is why the authority should prioritize this solution. For example, these educational systems can be found in some developed nations, where former convicts are presented to a variety of inexpensive to free-of-charge public vocational courses. Moreover, if delinquent ones are given a non-custodial sentence, they will not be isolated from the community and minimize the risk of participating in re-offending activities.
In conclusion, while longer penalties given by judicial systems can cut the criminal rate, other measures such as offering job prospect or giving a non-custodial sentence can be a better way to alleviate the problem
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, however, if, moreover, regarding, so, then, therefore, while, for example, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 12.0 24.0651302605 50% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1633.0 1615.20841683 101% => OK
No of words: 300.0 315.596192385 95% => OK
Chars per words: 5.44333333333 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.16179145029 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11086090264 2.80592935109 111% => OK
Unique words: 183.0 176.041082164 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.61 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 522.9 506.74238477 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => 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: 10.0 16.0721442886 62% => 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: 30.0 20.2975951904 148% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 65.5725552346 49.4020404114 133% => OK
Chars per sentence: 163.3 106.682146367 153% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.0 20.7667163134 144% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4 7.06120827912 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 8.67935871743 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => 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: 0.133543443224 0.244688304435 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0527881723077 0.084324248473 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.045954440597 0.0667982634062 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0868875079204 0.151304729494 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0297061691011 0.056905535591 52% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.2 13.0946893788 147% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 32.57 50.2224549098 65% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 11.3001002004 143% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.86 12.4159519038 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.86 8.58950901804 115% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 78.4519038076 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.1190380762 138% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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