dani_ze
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recent research suggests that the majority of criminals who are sent to prison commit crimes after they are released. why is this the case? what can be done to solve this problem?
A vast number of ex-offenders, once they are released from prison, continue to break the law, knowing the potential consequences. This, probably, stems from being unemployed and the criminal atmosphere in prison. Re-entry programs and other kinds of punishments are viable tactics to tackle the issue.
The most apparent reason why ex-criminals are likely to re-offend is frustration with not being able to find a job. Not having stable job history along with a lack of education or vocational training, they, oftentimes, cannot meet the requirements. Thus, they might well face economic problems which lead them to re-offend for the purpose of making living. In addition, the criminal justice system does not consider the merits of a case, sentencing felons. While most of them are in need of rehabilitation instead of putting in jail, where they will be surrounded by other criminals. For this reason, they are exposed to a criminal environment which ultimately motivates them to recidivism.
In a bit to counter this, there ought to be re-entry classes in which criminals can learn skills that they are in need of. For instance, if they gain interview skills, they have much more opportunities to get a job and subsequently earn money. Therefore, as they may not have economic problems anymore, they are less likely to relapse into previous behavior. There, moreover, had better be substitutions for imprisonment. For example, judges can sentence offenders to do community service. This not only gives them the opportunity to learn social skills in order to come back to society far more conveniently but also, sometimes, rectify crime consequences.
All in all, although criminals deal with unemployment and criminal surrounding, it seems that they can be prevented from re-offend if these problems are settled down through programs in which they gain social skills as well as finding a substitution for imprisonment.
A vast number of ex-offenders, once they are released from prison, continue to break the law, knowing the potential consequences. This, probably, stems from being unemployed and the criminal atmosphere in prison. Re-entry programs and other kinds of punishments are viable tactics to tackle the issue.
The most apparent reason why ex-criminals are likely to re-offend is frustration with not being able to find a job. Not having stable job history along with a lack of education or vocational training, they, oftentimes, cannot meet the requirements. Thus, they might well face economic problems which lead them to re-offend for the purpose of making living. In addition, the criminal justice system does not consider the merits of a case, sentencing felons. While most of them are in need of rehabilitation instead of putting in jail, where they will be surrounded by other criminals. For this reason, they are exposed to a criminal environment which ultimately motivates them to recidivism.
In a bit to counter this, there ought to be re-entry classes in which criminals can learn skills that they are in need of. For instance, if they gain interview skills, they have much more opportunities to get a job and subsequently earn money. Therefore, as they may not have economic problems anymore, they are less likely to relapse into previous behavior. There, moreover, had better be substitutions for imprisonment. For example, judges can sentence offenders to do community service. This not only gives them the opportunity to learn social skills in order to come back to society far more conveniently but also, sometimes, rectify crime consequences.
All in all, although criminals deal with unemployment and criminal surrounding, it seems that they can be prevented from re-offend if these problems are settled down through programs in which they gain social skills as well as finding a substitution for imprisonment.
