Crime rate has increased manifold these days. In spite of the punishment, many convicts tend to repeat crimes once they get released from jail. I think there are several reasons for this behaviour. In my opinion, it is the responsibility of the government and the society to solve this problem.
There are many reasons that encourage criminals to commit crimes again. The most important ones are social stigma, lack of emotional support and poor job opportunities. Criminal background drastically decreases job opportunities as no employer prefers to appoint an employee with criminal record. This leaves them with no career options and thus no financial support. Many times, these criminals are not accepted by their own families and this makes them lonely and homeless. In addition to this, people don’t want ex-convicts to reside in their communities and treat them with suspicion. All these factors lead to hopelessness and directly or indirectly promote violence.
However, these problems can be avoided to a large extent by government’s intervention as well as changes in people’s outlook towards these culprits. Jail inmates should be taught about the best possible ways to handle life in the most difficult situations and this will prevent them from committing crimes again. The government should organise schemes that provide financial assistance and train them in useful jobs. Constant psychological counselling is necessary for the criminals and their families to rebuild personal relationships. The society should also change their mindset and attitude towards prisoners and provide them with the necessary emotional support to become responsible individuals.
To conclude, though there are quite a number of factors which encourage criminals to commit crimes again, I am of the opinion that the government and the society should take the responsibility to rehabilitate ex-criminals so as to prevent them from committing further crimes.
Crime
rate has increased manifold these days.
In spite of
the punishment,
many
convicts tend to repeat
crimes
once they
get
released from jail. I
think
there are several reasons for this
behaviour
. In my opinion, it is the responsibility of the
government
and the society to solve this problem.
There are
many
reasons that encourage
criminals
to commit
crimes
again. The most
important
ones are social stigma, lack of emotional support and poor job opportunities.
Criminal
background
drastically
decreases job opportunities as no employer prefers to appoint an employee with
criminal
record. This
leaves
them with no career options and
thus
no financial support.
Many
times, these
criminals
are not
accepted
by their
own
families and this
makes
them lonely and homeless.
In addition
to this,
people
don’t want ex-convicts to reside in their communities and treat them with suspicion. All these factors lead to hopelessness and
directly
or
indirectly
promote violence.
However
, these problems can
be avoided
to a large extent by
government’s
intervention
as well
as
changes
in
people
’s outlook towards these culprits. Jail inmates should
be taught
about the best possible ways to handle life in the most difficult situations and this will
prevent
them from committing
crimes
again. The
government
should
organise
schemes that provide financial assistance and train them in useful jobs. Constant psychological counselling is necessary for the
criminals
and their families to rebuild personal relationships. The society should
also
change
their mindset and attitude towards prisoners and provide them with the necessary emotional support to become responsible individuals.
To conclude
, though there are quite a number of factors which encourage
criminals
to commit
crimes
again, I am of the opinion that the
government
and the society should take the responsibility to rehabilitate ex-criminals
so as to
prevent
them from committing
further
crimes
.