雅思写作高分范文：犯罪是人的天性

英语自学网

　　Crimes undermine human society. Reasons for committing a crime are varied
and complex, so we could not say that violation of law is just human nature and
that people‘s tendency to break the law could be stopped when they are
young.
        　　We are still not sure what causes people to commit a crime. The reason
seems to be clear in cases in which a thief steals money to make a living or buy
things normally unaffordable. Many thieves, when caught and interviewed, reveal
that they come from poor families and have very little education. Therefore we
could establish a relation between less privileged family background and low
level of education. Many people used to believe that parents could teach their
children the harms of wrongdoing by showing them the consequences of such action
and the obligation of complying with social norms. Such method works for most
children who are aware of what they are doing and what would happen from their
action. But we also learn from news or other sources that many high-level
officials take bribes or abuse power for their own benefit. Such people with
high income and good education clearly know what they are doing and the possible
consequences. Such crimes would not have happened if tendency to commit crimes
could be stopped when people were young.
        　　Moreover, we know that people tend to act for their own benefit, but we do
not know if this is due to human nature or other causes such as ideas learned
later in life. If it is human nature, people live in faraway places without much
education would commit crimes at a higher rate than people with schooling in
cities. By contrast, people in remote places are more honest and kind, and the
crime rate is significantly lower than that in city. From such evidence, we
could not conclude that the above assertion is true.
        　　While we continue to explore what causes crime and how to prevent it, we
need to bear in mind that it is far more complex than we normally think.
Accordingly, measures for crime prevention should also be multidimensional.
        　　To sum up, the conclusion that it is human nature to commit crime and that
people‘s tendency to break the law could be stopped when they are young is not
well supported. People become criminals for many reasons and we should adopt
more effective methods for crime prevention.