Marcin Legeżyński, Zuzanna Kościuk Crime Doesn’t Pay

Our societysocietysociety has many rules to ensure that we are safe and able to enjoy our freedom. However, there are some people who, for various reasons, decide to break the lawbreak the lawbreak the law and choose the path of crimecrimecrime.

Most of them do it to get easy money so they usually get arrestedarrested [arrest]arrested for breaking intobreaking into [break into]breaking into homes and stealing goods, financial fraudfraudfraud, or pickpocketingpickpocketingpickpocketing. RobberyrobberyRobbery is a more serious action, as it may involve a thiefthiefthief using physical violence.

Some criminalscriminals [criminal]criminals actually find pleasure in breaking the rules and hurting others. They often need psychological help and treatment in addition to legal actionlegal actionlegal action. It is important to show such individuals that every wrong action has its consequencesconsequences [consequence]consequences. Offencesoffences [offence]Offences are punishedpunished [punish]punished both to educate people and demonstrate that crime does not pay. Also, punishmentspunishments [punishment]punishments help to protect society from offendersoffenders [offender]offenders hurting them again in the future.

The consequences of a crime go together with how serious it is. A person caught shopliftingshopliftingshoplifting may face a few months of imprisonmentimprisonmentimprisonment or a finefinefine. On the other hand, a murderermurderermurderer will likely spend many years in prisonprisonprison. Repeat offendersrepeat offenders [repeat offender]Repeat offenders usually receive more serious punishments than someone who committedcommitted [commit]committed the crime for the first time.

As such, young people should learn to stay out of trouble and become valuable members of society. How to do this? Experts say that crime preventioncrime preventioncrime prevention is actually more effective than punishing those who decide to commit offences. For example, there are many ways to protect your things from being stolen. You should always watch your bags in public places. Also, your home will be protected from burglarsburglars [burglar]burglars if you remember to always lock the door. Some people choose to use cameras around buildings for security.

At school, you should remember to keep valuable itemsvaluable itemsvaluable items in your lockerlockerlocker. If you are a teenager, it is always a good idea to check with your parents if the place you are going to is safe and share your plans with them. When you are away, stay in contact with them, for example by using a phone. Finally, remember that the police are there to help you should you ever be in danger. Know the emergency telephone numbers in your area and give them a call if you are in trouble.

1 Źródło: Zuzanna Kościuk , Marcin Legeżyński, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.