An act is considered a crime if its nature deviates from the prevailing laws though there are different aspects and types of crimes, I would like to brief up crimes which result in imprisonment. A person is imprisoned so that the living society is not harmed by his acts and also a chance that the inmate gets corrected.
We see that prison certainly prevents crime but there are also certain better ways by which a person can be restrained from committing crimes. Firstly by maintaining a complete database of the doubtful citizens, this can be done by the police department because they possess the data of each and every individual and using this data his/her activities can be monitored and a close check can be kept on such suspicious persons. Secondly, counseling should be done to persons who are susceptible to commit crimes.
There are many ways to prevent crimes apart from the above stated and they would certainly control the crime rate and correct the anti-social elements prevailing in our societies, for instance, a person commits robbery due to the want of money and if the victim opposes, the robber tries to harm the victim and steals the valuables.
We see that general crimes are done due to hunger, want of money, poverty and unemployment. If the authorities have a check on the above-stated reasons and care is taken to check the situation of the person, no doubt then a majority of the crimes can be reduced.
Apart from the above, there are certain crimes which are done in haste, these types of crimes can be controlled by delivering psychological counselling to such people and diverting their minds by inducing them to various other recreational activities like meditation, yoga and spiritual thinking etc.
As far as my opinion is concerned it is good that a person should think twice before committing crime and such thoughts are to be inculcated into his mind and certainly there will be a drastic downfall in crime rate and subsequently reduction in state’s exchequer envisaged for handling prisons. But prisons are also necessary for handling heinous criminals and with prisons their effect on society can be controlled. There are many other ways to prevent crime but the need of such alternatives has to be debated on a broader scale before taking a decision. 
An act  
is considered
 a  
crime
 if its nature deviates from the prevailing laws though there are  
different
 aspects and types of  
crimes
, I would like to brief up  
crimes
 which result in imprisonment. A  
person
  is imprisoned
  so
 that the living society is not harmed by his acts and  
also
 a chance that the inmate  
gets
 corrected.
We  
see
 that  
prison
  certainly
  prevents
  crime
  but
 there are  
also
 certain better ways by which a  
person
 can  
be restrained
 from committing  
crimes
.  
Firstly
 by maintaining a complete database of the doubtful citizens, this can  
be done
 by the police department  
because
 they possess the data of each and every individual and using this data his/her activities can  
be monitored
 and a close  
check
 can be  
kept
 on such suspicious  
persons
.  
Secondly
, counseling should  
be done
 to  
persons
 who are susceptible to commit crimes.
There are  
many
 ways to  
prevent
  crimes
 apart from the above  
stated and
 they would  
certainly
 control the  
crime
 rate and correct the anti-social elements prevailing in our societies,  
for instance
, a  
person
 commits robbery due to the want of money and if the victim opposes, the robber tries to harm the victim and steals the valuables.
We  
see
 that general  
crimes
  are done
 due to hunger, want of money, poverty and unemployment. If the authorities have a  
check
 on the above-stated reasons and care  
is taken
 to  
check
 the situation of the  
person
, no doubt then a majority of the  
crimes
 can be  
reduced
.
Apart from the above, there are certain  
crimes
 which  
are done
 in haste, these types of  
crimes
 can  
be controlled
 by delivering psychological counselling to such  
people
 and diverting their minds by inducing them to various other recreational activities like meditation, yoga and spiritual thinking etc.
As far as my opinion  
is concerned
 it is  
good
 that a  
person
 should  
think
 twice  
before
 committing  
crime
 and such thoughts are to  
be inculcated
 into his mind and  
certainly
 there will be a drastic downfall in  
crime
 rate and  
subsequently
 reduction in state’s exchequer envisaged for handling  
prisons
.  
But
  prisons
 are  
also
 necessary for handling heinous criminals and with  
prisons
 their effect on society can  
be controlled
. There are  
many
 other ways to  
prevent
  crime
  but
 the need of such alternatives  
has to
  be debated
 on a broader scale  
before
 taking a decision.