Solutions To Crime

Solutions To Crime

1. Rehabilitation

   • Using therapy and education on prisoners to make them turn away from crime
     • + restores useful life through education and therapy
     • - It's expensive and not all prisoners respond to it

2. KEY + = Advantage - = Disadvantage

3. TACKLING CRIMINALS

   • Custodial Sentences
     • - It costs lots of money, £25,000 per year
     • + Criminals are locked up from society
     • Sending criminals to prison
   • Non - Custodial Sentences
     • Punishing people without sending them to prison e.g fining them
       • - People still commit the crimes
       • + Its cheaper than Custodial Sentences
   • Corporal&Capital Punishment
     • Punishing people physically e.g Death Penalty
       • + Makes people pay for crimes
       • - Does not seem to stop people from crimes

4. Tackling the cause of crimes

   • Community Action
     • + Crime is reduced in some areas
     • Helps reduce fear of crimes by improving securities
     • - Crime increases in other areas
   • Tackling Poverty
     • People want luxurious lifestyle and some turn to crime to pay for it
     • + There's Minimum wage and income support to help people
     • - People turn to crime to get richer lifestyles