5 – Crime and Punishment 1

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A source of concern for any society is the crime rate. There are many different types of crime, but a distinction is between crimes against property and crimes that people. Key questions that are asked about crime include what factors to the crime rate and how we can ensure improvement in these factors. Some people think that the of alcohol and drugs by minors should be more tightly. Other people think that greater in the economy would help. These people imply that crime is linked to socio-economic conditions. But other people the responsibility back to the individual.