HOMEWORK DOCUMENT 08

WH319-EXTRA READING

In the next class, you are going to discuss the following topic and later write about it at home.

Crime rates are increasing at an alarming level. What are the causes of this problem?

Read the text below and learn useful vocabulary and ideas to prepare for the discussion in the

next class. You can read more on the Internet for this topic. Then make a mindmap on handout

MINDMAP WH319 and then talk about the topic out loud many times until you can talk about it

fluently with the use of as much new vocabulary from the EXTRA READING as possible.

In the next class, hand in this mindmap to the teaching assistant.

1. Overpopulation

Increase in population is the biggest cause of crime and much of the world’s worries. Although

population increase is related to each and every cause mentioned here, it still needs to be looked

at as a cause of crime. The increase of population triggers of a dynamo effect in society and this

leads to the creation of more people with some form of frustration or resentment towards

society as such.

2. Poverty

Economic deprivation or simply poverty is a major cause of crime all around the world. People

are often driven to great lengths of desperation by poverty and this is a major cause of crime

all around the world. The fact that such frustration is created is in itself a very dangerous thing

for society on the whole as global inflation has risen significantly over the last few years.
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Although it does seem that in our world today, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

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 Society bombards us with commercial values, making us want more and more material things,

to the point when some would do anything (including criminal acts) to get them. 

Unemployment is another factor in this category that contributes to crime through looking ways

to earn money by any means possible.

3. Drugs

Drugs are a bane, no matter how we look at them. A person addicted to drugs is unable to

support their addiction and more often than not they end up in a life of crime to fuel their

habits. It is not unknown anywhere in the world that a drug addict ends up committing crimes

to raise money for their habits. Besides that there are also a large number of people that are

involved in the drug trade. Though these people may not really be drug users themselves, they

often lure others into drugs and crimes.

4. Depression and other social and mental disorders

Depression is also a major cause of crime. Other than depression, people with grave mental

disorders also end up committing crimes. Such people should be treated before their tendencies

and ailments get out of hand. A person under depression or some other serious mental disorder

can also easily cause harm to themselves.

5. Family conditions are one of the causes of crime

There are a lot of things that go on in families that often cause people to get into a life of crime.

Here again there are a lot of different conditions that lead a person into crime. Abuse during

formative years from family members and other such acts also instigate a person into a life of

crime. People who are neglected by their families and do not get the love and attention that
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 they desire also get into criminal activities. Family violence and other issues are also related to

crime in many ways.

Being raised in a dysfunctional family, or coming from a disadvantaged background, or

feeling discriminated, none of it alone can cause crime. There are so many others in the world

with such conditions, but nevertheless don't turn to crime. However they cause the lack of love

and respect for others.

Children who are neglected or abused are more likely to commit crimes later in life than others.

Similarly, sexual abuse in childhood often leads these victims to become sexual predators as

adults.

6. Regionalism

Regionalism is a major cause of crime and unrest among people. Such people that harbor such

regionalist feelings often go to great lengths to commit crimes against other communities.

7. TV violence

TV violence has gone up to staggering levels and it does not help when people are influenced

and try to emulate such acts of violence. TV violence is a major cause of crime especially

among younger people that are unable to differentiate between fiction and reality. Since TV

has become such an integral part of people’s lives now days, it is important to draw clear lines

between what is real and what is not.

8. Racism

Discrimination based on race is a serious issue all around the world. All humans are in a way
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racist towards some people in some part of the world or another. Racism has contributed a lot

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 of unrest to many places all around the world and it’s mostly because of one or two idiots that

such crimes are given birth to. It is a sad fact of the world that we live in that we end up

discriminating against something that is the same flesh and blood underneath even though the

external appearance and the origins may be different.

9. Politics

Politics is often a cause of crime. It is seen that many political associations all around the world

have their own mafias running which they use to manipulate and subjugate people. Political

power is often misused to take advantage of weaker groups and people and the dissidence

that rises out of such situations often force the victims to resort to crimes.

10. Poor judgment

Lack of proper education and great role-models causes many to fail to distinguish right from

wrong. In most cases offenders don't think they are doing something wrong, it seems right from

their point of view. Poor judgment is also reflected in knowing it's wrong, but thinking they

could get away with it, not getting caught.

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