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Crime Prevention And Punishment In The Jungle By Upton Sinclair Jugis

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There are many factors involved in crime prevention and punishment that may make it appear convoluted. But time and time again after convicts have been released from jail or from a rehabilitation center they go back to a life of crime within five years. Why would they go back to their life of crime you ask? It’s because our rehabilitation center is flawed and our punishments are weak.Our system is weak. It was clearly shown in the The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Jugis, our main protagonist went to a life of crime after being released from prison. It has become the equivalent of a slap on the wrist and a stern talking to. Yet if we as Americans are softer on crime, why are there five times the number of incarcerated criminals as there were in
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