作文题目：
Many people are afraid to leave their homes because of their fear of crime. Some believe that more action should be taken to prevent crime, but others feel that little can be done. What is your opinion?很多人害怕出门，因为他们害怕犯罪。一些人认为我们应该采取更多的行动来预防犯罪，而另外一些人觉得可以做的事不多。你的观点是什么？
话题分类：
犯罪类
题型类别
双边讨论
是否旧题：同2004年9月11日及2008年10月4日的考题。
写作指导：
版本一：题型属于不多见的What is your opinion?。该题与Discuss both views and give your opinion的区别在于，前者可以采纳其中一方观点进行讨论，而后者则必须讨论两种观点。
版本二：有些人认为可以采取行动来防止犯罪，而其他认为没有什么可以做。
抛砖引玉：找解决办法！ 近年来，犯罪率屡创新高。违法者应该通过为社会多做贡献来接受惩罚。一些人倾向于让犯罪做其他事情作文惩罚。首先，让他们更好地改造。为社会做公益事业就是好办法。对罪犯进行了惩罚，还能够鼓励他们开始新的生活。另外一个原因是：监狱空间有限，可以降低政府开支。最后，对罪犯的监禁丝毫也不会威慑到其他犯罪。到目前为止：没有任何证据表明在监禁罪犯和犯罪率的降低之间存在联系。比如：青少年犯罪、青年女性犯罪的问题。
一方面：政府应该跟多关注犯罪问题并出台相关政策法律予以惩治。
另一方面：应该加强普法知识和教育，提高道德品质，帮助树立正确的世界观。
在这个问题的解决上，政府与社会教育携手采取行动来防止犯罪。
文章结构：
1、单边讨论（一边倒）：正文分三段，每段各写一个预防措施。
2、双边支持。正文第一段支持正方观点，即为了预防犯罪可以采取的措施。可供参考的思路有：安装防盗设施，安装监控摄像头surveillance cameras, 加强法制教育legal education，政府出台严格的法律法规constitute more rigid laws and regulations，等等。正文第二段支持反方观点，即很多预防措施仍然不能解决犯罪问题。可供参考的思路有：防盗设施年久失修，质量堪忧；犯罪是由于社会贫富差距导致，预防措施并不能从根本上防止犯罪的产生。
3、单边支持。正文第一段先交代消极者的观点，也就是这些预防措施无益于预防犯罪，然后再进行驳斥，交代完善的预防措施和正确的态度可以有效减少犯罪。正文第二段再讲预防犯罪可以做的事情。
参考范文
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Nowadays, an increasing number of people are scared to leave their homes alone due to crimes. Some people argue that regardless of what measures have been taken to struggle against thieves or robberies, the crime rate cannot be lowered substantially, while others contend that anti-crime action is capable of preventing people”s lives and properties from being threatened by criminals. Personally, I am in favor of the latter view.
Convincing arguments can be made that taking effective measures brings numerous merits to the protection of properties. To start with, adopting safeguard procedures in advance, such as installing safeguard doors, are conducive to deterring potential criminals. Apart from serving as a facility to prevent homes from being stolen and robbed, safeguard measures are more likely to play a practical role in indicating criminals that hosts have taken precautions against crime. Moreover, even if the house is being invaded by law offenders, the pre-installed equipment, for instance alarm device, can inform policemen to arrive at the crime scene immediately right after they receive the notification. Lastly, implementing necessary guard action can offer a sense of security to people when they are out of their apartments. It is obvious that people can be easily distracted, if they are always anxious about whether their homes are or have suffered from illegal invasion.
However, we cannot deny the fact that the existing measures may carry potential drawbacks. A reason for this is that a large number of security devices are criticized for the sake of low quality and they can be broken through readily. It is remarkable that last year, over 200 types of safety anti-thief systems were identified and exposed due to the inferior quality and their sponsor manufacturers are penalized accordingly.
In summary, I concede that taking action cannot fully guarantee that people”s houses are able to escape from being intruded by criminals. Despite that, the advantages created by the measures far outweigh the adverse impact. Overall, I am convinced that people should strengthen their awareness of security and in the meantime governments should issue relevant laws to supervise the quality of security systems.
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