8445 2012年11月3日雅思写作范文：防止犯罪 (IELTS 20121103)
IELTS Writing Task 2 Topic:
"How to Prevent Crimes?"
雅思 2012-11-03 China
Essay by Jeenn Lee Hsieh
ielts360toefl@163.com
>类似真题 Essay Topic:
People are afraid to leave their homes for fear of crimes. Some people believe that more action should be taken to prevent crimes while others think that little could be done. Discuss both sides. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.
>范文举例 Example Writing (Jeenn Lee Hsieh):
Sometimes we cannot but think that crime pays, or there would be no crime. Without a punitive criminal system that imposes harsh sentences, it seems that society prepares the crime and the criminal commits it. Thus, the bottom line is that we should be 'hard' rather than 'soft' on crime.
Literally, nothing could be done to curb crime rates unless we make sense of punitive sentencing with zero tolerance for severe offences. This is one of our principal supporting arguments for being tough on crime policies. It may be assumed that offences are prevented while offenders are incarcerated, as these criminals have little or no opportunity to recidivate. To put it strongly, with all the knowledge of psychology, much of our present justice system based on mercy does almost everything wrong. As often is the case, too much mercy is likely to result in further crimes which might be fatal to innocent victims who need not to be victims if justice could be put first and mercy second. In other words, petty laws breed great crimes.
However, getting tough on crime is costly. An increasing reliance on prisons as the primary weapon in fighting crime is inevitably associated with the financial costs of incarceration. Under such circumstance, it is easy to imagine that prisons become over-crowded, conditions deteriorate, and services become under-provided. That is to say, emphasizing retribution above all else, we are spending a fortune just feeling less afraid to leave our homes for fear of crimes. Accordingly, the more the prison populations grow, the more correctional measures would strain government budgets. For this reason, it is understandable that some people doubt the wisdom of resorting to punitive policy as the only way to prevent crime.
On the whole, the issue about whether to get 'hard' or 'soft' on crime is a complex one worthy of debate. Meanwhile, crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of our daily lives. After all, in view of rising crime rates and an increasing dissatisfaction with criminal sentencing, what else could we do other than being tough on crime? (Essay by Jeenn Lee Hsieh, ielts360toefl@163.com )
网友问：雅思大作文有官方题库吗?
猫头鹰：没有明确的题库，不过话题的范围倒是有路可寻。网页上的文库收藏极为完整，囊挂中国考区2006年之后的历年写作(A类)试题。请考生特别注意重复出现的类似真题，因为有些题目虽然看来相似，其实问题的角度并不相同。
另外，猫头鹰写作实验室还不断地整理国外雅思写作试题集锦。对照之下，国内国外真题都是在同样的范围之内，只是出现的日期相隔半个月到半年。这暗示有心人猜题时也不要忽视国外雅思试题。
网友问：猫老师有没有历年国外雅思口语考题真题资源?
猫头鹰：零零散散，好多好多。中国与外国雅思口语试题看来类似，其实完全一样，只是辗转出现于不同的日期与不同的国家。因为比较专注写作单项，猫头鹰只是不断记录口语试题，但是从未转载(欧亚非美澳洲)-口语流动题库。
夜猫子还以为在国内的有心人已经在做了。好吧，如果有鹦鹉反应，猫头鹰将向合作网站陆续转播2010-2011-2012海外雅思口语试题全文。(所有资料都算是偷来的回忆，当然没有版权。)
