犯罪类真题

【Some people think to lower the crime rate, criminals should be given longer terms in prison. What is your opinion?】

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The soaring crime rate has led to the proposal that criminals should be sentenced to longer periods in prison. Keeping the offenders in prison may help to prevent crimes from happening to some extent. If the penalties for crimes were not harsh enough, we would have a high rate of criminals repeating their acts. It is mainly through jail time that the offenders are forced to think about their unlawful acts and then become law-abiding citizens again. In this sense, prisons may help to make criminals less dangerous. However, concerns about the possible harm caused by lengthy jail terms are not unfounded. Severe punishments might ruin offenders' future, both physically and psychologically. For instance, there may a high chance that first-time offenders and those who are charged with a minor crime will be abused by felons who have been in jail for a long time, which may make these victims even more violent than before when they are released from prison. What is also needed therefor is treatment that helps criminals recover and function better in society. A more effective prison system should be established to reform criminals by providing them with job training and counseling. So, my conclusion is that a certain degree of restriction of criminals freedom is an efficient method to change them. But to make sure that they can be changed in a positive way, a longer time in prison is not necessarily the right way and it is rarely the only way.
不断疯狂攀高的犯罪率使得人们开始提议是否应该延长罪犯在监狱里的服刑时间。 将罪犯留在监狱的确会在防止犯罪行为上起到一定程度的作用。如果我们对罪犯惩罚过轻的话，就会刺激罪犯不断地重复他们的罪行。而罪犯们主要通过在监狱中服刑来反省自身的罪行，并最终转变为守法的良民。所以从这方面来看，监狱会使罪犯变得不那么危险。 但是，也有人对过长的服刑时间会带来的可能的害处产生了忧虑。过于严重的刑罚会在身心两方面毁掉违法者的未来。例如，那些因为初犯一些小错而入狱的罪犯可能会被那些入狱时间较长的狱霸欺侮，从而导致他们在出狱后反而被锻炼得更为暴力。看来我们还需要找到帮助那些罪犯在社会中能更好融入并作出贡献的方法。而监狱系统就应该通过提供工作培训和咨询服务来肩负起这个责任。 所以我的结论就是在一定程度上限制罪犯的自由是个能帮助他们改过的有效方法。但是要保证他们能够在将来改变成一个更好的人，过长时间的服刑并不是一个必须的方法，更不是唯一的方法。