EVIDENCE: MY SENSE OF JUSTICE

a. Some people are biologically predisposed to become criminals.

I agree whit this statement. However, this is not the only factor that conditioned
someone to become in a criminal. Recent twin studies show persuasive evidence
that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to antisocial behavior.
However, the genetic evidence indicates that there is no single gene, or even a small
number of genes, that predict an increased risk of antisocial behavior. Where there
have been some effects, the increase in risk associated with antisocial behavior is
modest.
b. Crime is a consequence of poverty.
I agree, but I regard that crime is not only due to poverty, also people can become
in a criminal due to another reasons like mental diseases. However, I consider that
poverty is the main reason and below I will explain why.
Poverty causes many crimes, as, if a person was not poor and had faith in himself,
he would not face the thought that he should search another ways to get money.
Being poor, which could be caused by different reasons, makes a person unhappy,
incapable to earn enough money, to buy anything he wants or at least something
necessary. Poverty determines a certain stereotype in a person’s thoughts, and he
does not see any constructive solving of the problem, as he wants to choose the
easiest way of getting money, even harming other people. Poverty has a huge
psychological influence on people, who become depressed, desperate and then they
decide to commit a crime, as they have not found anything that can legally get them
out of such situation. Too many problems that a person faces in the modern society
makes him get angrier on the whole situation and look for the new way of solving
their problem. The desperate economic situation in any country and consequently
the lack of the work places especially for young people creates the thoughts and
actions of crime. No guarantees from the government and no proper help to people
who are poor, leads to the chaos and misunderstanding, where the only way out they
find is to commit a crime.
c. A criminal cannot be reformed.
I disagree with this statement, because, I think a criminal can be reformed, how?
Making social reforms in order to give them another opportunity. The main problem
that offenders face, when it comes to deciding on a career or a life of crime, is that
many criminals are excluded from the traditional career path due to their criminal
record, often from an early age. A new system needs to be in place so that a criminal
record background check, especially for minor offenders, is only relevant to the
career path they follow. For example, people caught selling drugs cannot work as a
pharmacist, people accused of fraud cannot work as an accountant or financial
advisor, people accused of sex offences cannot work in care homes, public
swimming baths, etc. This is just a few examples. I met someone who was moving
from the private sector to the public sector, working training prisoners. He was in his
thirties and despite having no other convictions he was refused the job because he
stole a watermelon from a market stall when he was sixteen. This is clearly
ridiculous. If you are arrested for being in possession of one joint when you are
eighteen that can stop you from getting any decent job in the future
d. To reduce crime, we just need more police.
I strong disagree with this statement; Police are important, but not sufficient, in the
crime-reduction effort. Policing experts and criminologists say that increasing the
size of a police force does not ensure a decrease in crime. They said that other
issues must be weighed, like what roles existing officers were filling and whether
adding officers would cause added stress in communities where tensions between
the police and residents were already high.
On the other hand, crime is a clear consequence to lack of opportunities and access
to education system. When a person since his childhood cannot get access to
education, most of times him or her do not find another option to survive, that to
criminal life. We clearly can see that in countries like Finland where access to
education is easy, crime rates are so low, contrarily, countries like for example
Somalia have a high crime rate.
e. Some criminals deserve the death penalty
I agree, in the case of hazard criminals, death penalty is necessary. It sounds very
cruel, but there are several criminals who do not show repentance about their acts.
I regard that death penalty is especially necessary with criminals who have
committed offenses against children. For me that is unacceptable.

By,
Camilo Leiton