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IELTS Essay: Some people believe that a crime is a result of social problems and poverty, ...

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Some people believe that a crime is a result of social problems and poverty, others think that crime is a result of bad person's nature. Discuss and give your opinion.

#crime_etiology#socioeconomic_factors#individual_responsibility#nature_vs_nurture#policy_implications

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 presents both views; Band 9 argues crime results from interaction of social constraint and individual choice—advocating combined prevention and accountability.

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Key concepts in this essay

Social determinism vs. individual culpability debate
Role of poverty, inequality, trauma, and systemic exclusion
Individual factors: impulse control, empathy, decision-making, personality
Interaction effects: how poverty amplifies individual risk factors
Policy implications: prevention (if social) vs. punishment (if individual)

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Creating false dichotomy (social problems OR bad nature) without acknowledging interaction: poverty and individual choices both factor into crime
Failing to explore how system responds differently based on belief: if crime is social, invest in prevention; if individual, focus on punishment
Oversimplifying 'bad person's nature' without acknowledging that criminal psychology (impulse control, empathy) is partially heritable and partially environmental

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