Topic 1: Does increasing travels between countries enable people to learn different cultures or to

Topic 69: Do you think it is better to send criminals to jail or let them receive education 
or job training? 
(skills in coping with everyday problems), (interpersonal conflict), (loneliness ) (depression);
(attitudes or ways of thinking ), (continue their education) (enhance practical life skills), (assist 
them in finding jobs) ,
(deterrent effect), (a sign of the triumph of good over evil);
(being closely monitored)
In the public mind, a prison is a place to keep those who have done wicked things in 
captivity, in order that they will not contaminate law-abiding citizens. However, there is a 
growing concern in these years that imprisonment is a less effective form of punishment, and 
some alternatives seem to promise more satisfying outcomes. I agree on this proposed change, 
with evidence that imprisonment can be merely taken as the last resort.
Education is of critical importance to rehabilitating an offender. It first changes delinquents' 
attitudes toward society and family, a prerequisite to their reintegration into the community. 
It meanwhile allows them to keep in contact with the community, an opportunity that 
prisoners are normally deprived of. With the passing of time, they lose confidence and the 
ability to function prosaically. The risk of re-offending is thus higher. The third benefit is 
preventing offenders' peer group effect, because by receiving education in a proper learning 
environment, offenders have lower chance of reinforcing each other's antisocial and criminal 
behaviors in group situations.
Similar to education, work is one of the most important interventions in corrections, 
whether it takes the form of work release or vocational training. Money is the main 
inducement of marry crimes, such as shoplifting, robbery, burglary, and so forth. Job training 
enables offenders to acquire earning capacity and improve job skills. By this they can become 
productive members of society and have the opportunity to behave normally towards family 
or occupation or society. Greater post-release employment success will, in general, lead to a 
lower rate of recidivism.
However, to those habitual criminals, who have committed crimes repeatedly and show 
little respect for the legal system, education and job training might not make any significant 
difference. This category of offenders gives little thought to their past or future. Their 
behaviors and thoughts are deeply ingrained and unbending, in which circumstance 
imprisonment is the best way of keeping them from being perpetrators. Meanwhile, 
imprisonment bas deterrent effects and can deter potential offenders from becoming actual 
offenders.
To sum up, it is clear that the results of imprisonment can be mixed and it is only 
effective in restricting those who are very likely to commit repeated acts of violence. By 
contrast, education and vocational training suit those who committed less serious crimes, 
preventing them from becoming re-offenders after release and assisting them to re-organize 
their lives.
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1. Contaminate=taint=infect=influence
2. Resort=alternative=option=choice
3. Rehabilitate=restore=mend=re-establish=reshape=re-mould
4. Offender=lawbreaker=delinquent
5. Prerequisite=requirement=precondition
6. Reintegration=blending
7. Inducement=incentive=enticement
8. Ingrained=embedded=deep-rooted=fixed
9. Unbending=fixed=unyielding
10. Perpetrator=criminal
 
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