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Why Offenders Reoffend and Solutions to Tackle It

Many offenders commit more crimes after serving their first punishment.

Why is this happening, and what measures can be taken to tackle this problem?

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Essay ideas: Why Offenders Reoffend and Solutions to Tackle It

WhyThis is aProblem and solution essay — it asks for causes or problems, and for ways to solve them.

SoWe split the ideas intoCauses & problems(what causes it or goes wrong)andSolutions(how to fix it).

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Essay · 296 words · 4 paragraphs · 27 comments

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Response 01
Estimated band4.5/ 9

Overall assessment

The response attempts a clear four-paragraph structure and uses some ambitious vocabulary. However, it mostly discusses crime in general rather than why offenders commit further crimes after punishment. Poverty and unemployment offer a relevant starting point, but the causes and proposed measures need fuller explanation. Frequent word-choice and sentence-construction problems also obscure the argument.

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Task Response

The response does not adequately explain the causes of repeat offending or propose concrete measures. Most content concerns crime in general; poverty and unemployment are relevant ideas, but their connection to offending again after punishment remains underdeveloped.

4.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas progress weakly and the argument is hard to follow because paragraphs contain formulaic, unclear statements and irrelevant claims, such as the destruction of natural beauty, that do not connect logically to the question.

4.0
LR

Lexical Resource

There are attempts at less common vocabulary, including annihilation, cognizant and rigorous, but frequent misuse such as “anterior solvents”, “future genesis” and “mitigate with rising crime rates” obscures meaning.

5.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

The essay attempts subordinate clauses, but control is uneven. Errors include the missing finite verb in “a prisoner ... more involved”, subject–verb agreement in “Cultivation and awareness is”, and the construction “is improbable to be ... eradicated”. These problems sometimes interrupt meaning.

5.0

What to work on next

Replace generic statements about crime with an explanation of how unemployment after release can lead to reoffending, then explain how a specific rehabilitation or employment measure would address that cause.

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