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Section 2: Crime and violence

1) "Should criminals be punished with lengthy jail terms or re-educated and rehabilitated using, for instance, community service programmed, before being re-introduced to society." -; Answer: Insight into Ielts – 186.
- Long Term Jail Sentences
- Not as expensive as rehab
- Criminals don’t deserve special funding and education
- Deters future crime
- Satisfies the public
- Criminals are inherently bad - they will always re-offend
- Rehab programmes ineffective - criminals re-offend
- Longer time before criminals get the chance to re-offend
- Rehabilitation
- Keeping prisoners is expensive anyway - longer jail term higher the cost
- Rehab programmes can be used to make or save money - eg. build things
- Has been found that heavy sentences (and even death sentence) have no effect on crime rate
- Long-time inmates are most likely to re-offend
- Rehab programme is better than nothing
- Long term jail sentences create "us" and "them" situation
- Crime and criminals are social problem, we have to try and re-integrate criminals into society, rehab tries to do this

2) Everybody has the right to carry gun --Preparation and practice –168

3) Patriotism is the biggest cause of war –-Preparation and practice –168.

4) The crime rate among teenagers has increased dramatically in many countries. Discuss some possible reasons for this increase and suggest solutions to this problem. (Discuss a problem and suggest solutions)

5) Why should not take drugs?
- All drugs are addictive.
- Sooner or later your habit will get out of control.
- Drugs make you boring.
- Drugs cost a lot of money.
- Drugs take up a lot of time.
- Drugs make you hate your self.
- Drugs destroy your social faculties.
- Drugs damage your health.
- You never know what you are talking.
- Sooner or later you will find yourself on a recovery programme.

6) Discuss some of the reasons for and effects of drug use amongst young people in modern society. What can governments do to prevent and fight youth drug abuse? – 202 exercises –124. Drug, cuc(5).. english-net_com.htm ..\..\comprehensive site\task1-task2.htm; 101 hints166.
Why teenagers use more drug?
- Teenagers are under increasing pressure
- peer pressure or pressure to succeed ; Pressure to perform well at school.
- Drug use may help them escape reality, forget their problems, or simply feel more accepted by their friends.
- One way t express dissatisfaction with those pressures
- In addition, through the media we are exposed to information that glamorizes drug use and makes it look attractive, particularly to young people.
- Furthermore, teenagers are usually naturally curious about drugs, and drug dealers can take advantage of this curiosity for their own profit.
- Parents who drink and smoke to excess are, in effect telling their children that it is acceptable to abuse their bodies with drugs.
- The widespread availability of drugs mean teenagers are faced with the temptation to experiment

What are the effects?
The increase in drug abuse has had far-ranging effects.
- There are obvious health risks associated with drugs, such as AIDS.
- Many young people’s talent are wasted, and addiction to hard drugs can cost a user his or her life.
- Those who drink and drive may be involved om fatal road accidents.
- What is more, addicts need money to support their habits, and may need to turn to crime or prostitution to raise it.
- They may then have criminal records and become even more isolated from society.
- Drug abuse among young people can also lead to family break-up.

What are solutions:
- High fines and prison sentences should also be imposed on drug dealers and users.
- prevention is better than cure and so a good education programme about the dangers of drug abuse is one of the most important steps any government should

7) Without capital punishment (the death penalty) our lives are less secure and crimes of violence increase. Capital punishment is essential to control violence in society To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Death pd6 Cambridge 2 – 161;
Advantages of death punishment?
capital punishment is a symbol of justice: people must pay for their actions.
show law power to people->threaten people exp. drugs sellers or treasonable people
- this method can make people scared to do something against the law.
- Secondly, capital punishment can save money.
- A government has to budget for prisoners.
- In contrast, a government does not need to provide money to feed prisoners who are sentenced to capital punishment.

What are disadvantages?
- Nevertheless, there is an argument about human rights. No one has the right to kill other people.
- inhuman: deprive the right to live
- possibility for killing potential good citizens: after being rehabilitated.
- No use for crime reduce: terrorist.
- Moreover, some people ask how to be certain that a decision of a judge is suitable. The wrong decision by the judge could not rescue the death of the prisoners.
- Furthermore, many prisoners become good people after leaving jails.
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