crime and criminals

My friend requested to write about crime and criminals, because even in internet, chatrooms and fb there is an increasing number of people cheating and deceiving individuals.

Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority i.e. the legal system. Modern societies generally regard crimes as offenses against the public or the state. Criminals are the person or individuals who commit those crimes. I'm not going to go detail defining of crimes or its history but more discuss why do people commit crime.

Realizing the increasing trend in crime rate the government increased efforts to combat crime. the National Key Result Area (NKRA) one area to focus is on reducing the crime rate in the country. But most of the steps taken are to strengthen police force and make the courts more efficient. But recently, we conducted a study to find the roots causes of crime. We did this because prevention is better than cure. Kill crime even before it is committed rather than protect people from crimes. Interviews were even done in prison to study the profile of criminals and understand why they commit crime.

Most of the reasons reveal that people become criminal is because of family background and the environment they were brought up. These crimes which we are going to discuss does involve isolated murder cases due revenge and jealousy as well as fraud.

The criminals are from poor family, they don't earn enough, they are jobless, low education level, broken family, drug addicts, friends and some consider it as profession and thrill.

So how are we going to resolve, we need to zoom into the district these criminals are from. Relevant authorities and NGOs need to talk with families and other similar families educate them. Youth without job are send to skill training centers and provide them with jobs. More counseling ta district level need to be conducted. dont allow people to indulge themselves in unwarranted activities. Those mat rempits and loitering youth should be given proper guidance and skills training. Poor families were given assistance to uplift their livelihood. Big families with small houses and no rooms be given assistance to extend their houses or provide with bigger houses so that youth prefer to stay in a conducive living environment.

Some commit crime because they want to get rich fast or live a lavish life. They cant find law biding activities or difficulty to earn enough money to support their lifestyle. That's why more and more white collar crimes are increasing. Even educated individuals turn to this kind of activities to finance all their luxuries.

Proper public counseling and education awareness program may make them realize their wrong doings. Finally, religion can be used to bring these people to the right path of life. Engaging the religious institutions is the most effective way to resolve crime problems. Because any religion you are from, you will resort to your religious entity such as mosque, church, temple or shrines to ask for forgiveness.

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