Many people nowadays do not feel safe either when they are at home or go out. What are the reasons and what can be done to solve this problem? IELTS | IELTS WRITING TASK-2

 Many people nowadays do not feel safe either when they are at home or go out. What are the reasons and what can be done to solve this problem?

Feeling unsafe and vulnerable is a burning issue . It has increased at an alarming rate. It is believed that in the modern era, people across the globe feel unsafe whether they are at home or going out. Apparently, modernisation and westernisation is to be blamed for this universal phenomenon. However, the joint efforts by government and individuals can overcome this issue.

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Fundamentally, there are predominant factors. First and foremost is, not only the home crimes like robbery are on a prolific rise, but also crimes committed on the streets are also on the exponential rise like snatching, hit and run cases. The reason behind this is increasing population, which in turn leads to problems like unemployment, and then youngsters turn towards these criminal activities for their daily needs. For example, according to BBC research majority of the criminal nowadays are youngsters who could not find a job and turned towards criminal activities. Secondly, the increase in crimes like home robbery make people feel unsafe to leave their house unattended or in the hands of a domestic helper, as it is seen that in most of these crimes the domestic helper is the main accomplice as they know the house very well. Thirdly, due to an increase in various deadly diseases in recent times like COVID-19 and its variants, people feel very risky to go out in public and also to call people at their homes. 

Nevertheless, there are potential ways to curb this menace. Chiefly, government should try to create new jobs and also give education so youngsters can earn a living and not take the path of crime, also the government should make the laws as such that people will think twice before committing the crime. For instance, according to a report published in Forbes Magazine crime is not there or is very less in regions which are educated and employment is available. Furthermore, citizens can also help to reduce these crimes, by reporting them to the authorities as it is seen that people hesitate to report crime as they do not want to get dragged into the court proceedings. Additionally, people should get vaccinated and follow all the guidelines given for the diseases, doing this will make them feel safe to go out.

To recapitulate, people should not feel unsafe going out or at home,  if proper care is taken there is no possibility of anything to happen. Also no one is born a criminal, the circumstances make them choose that path, hence government should make all the efforts to help youngsters not go towards crime.