犯罪类话题是 雅思写作的 常客 ，内容涉及犯罪的原因，惩罚方式及惩罚的效果，如何避免犯罪等。
很多学生平时比较少思考 这类话题 ，因此我们要有意识地去找相关的资料备考。 纵观近几年雅思写作，小编将最常出现的犯罪类题材归纳为如下几类：
1.青少年犯罪，包括：
(1)青少年犯罪的原因及其解决办法;
(2)青少年犯罪是否应该与成年人犯罪一样得到惩罚;
(3)青少年犯罪后是否该收监，或者有其他的惩罚形式?
2.一般犯罪的原因，包括：
(1)人们犯罪的原因是什么?
(2)犯罪是环境使然还是天性使然?
3.一般犯罪的解决办法，包括：
(1)犯罪能否避免?
(2)避免犯罪，最好的办法是将犯人收监还是对人们实施教育?
(3)是否应该控制电影和电视里的暴力镜头?
4.其他的衍生问题，比如：
出狱后的犯人能否成为教育青少年避免犯罪的典范?
高分语料及表达：
the crime rate 犯罪率 例句：
The reduction of the crime rate is the main goal for lawmakers.
对于立法者们来说，降低犯罪率是最主要的目标。
deterrent 威慑（手段） 例句：
They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.
他们坚信死刑是一种威慑手段。
break the law 违法 例句：
But, if there was zero chance of getting caught, fifty-eight per cent said that they would break the law.
如果不会被抓到，百分之五十的人说他们会犯罪。
address the root causes of crime
从根本上去解决犯罪问题
例句：
The government pumps money into a broad range of social programs to address the root causes of crime, which will have an effect in the long term.
政府把钱投入很多社会项目上来从根本上去解决犯罪问题。从长远看这会起作用的。
prevent crime 预防犯罪
例句：
And if the government didn't provide for the poor through taxation, then we would need more money for police to prevent crime.
如果政府不能,通过税收来补贴穷人，则需要花更多的钱雇警力来防止犯罪。
be put on probation 缓刑 例句：
A young woman admitted three theft charges and was put on probation for two years.
一名年轻的妇女承认了3宗盗窃指控，被处以2年缓刑。
motive for crime 犯罪动机 例句：
A desire for revenge on his wife is a motive for his crime as murder.
渴望报复是他谋杀他妻子的犯罪动机。
juvenile delinquency 青少年犯罪 例句：It is true that juvenile delinquency rate is increasing alarmingly, which could jeopardise the social stability.的确,青少年犯罪比例增加令人担忧,这可能会危及社会稳定。
miscarriages of justice 审判不公 例句：
There have been a multitude of miscarriages of justice recently.
最近有许多误判的案例。
prison sentence 徒刑 例句：
It is the heated debate that government have to pass lenient laws that would avoid the prison sentence while others think it would increase the crime rate in our society.
关于政府发行了避免徒刑的宽松法律引发了热议，有些人认为这会导致我们社会犯罪率的增长。
Useful expressions and phrases for Crime Topic:
1. criminal犯罪分子(青少年年，惯犯)
2. soft target容易受攻击的对象
3. commit crime犯罪
4. behaviouralproblems行为问题
5. behave badly不良地表现
6. squander time浪费时间
7. emulatecriminals/copycat criminal activity模仿犯罪
8. exposure toreports on crimes接触犯罪的报道
9. rioting暴乱
10. commitanti-social acts实施反社会的行为
11. be influenced bypeer pressures and external factors受同龄人以及外界因素影响
12. led astray被误导
13. educationalunderachievement学业失败
14. cast a longshadow on lives对人生产生影响
15. cause the fearof crime引起对犯罪的恐惧
16. desensitisepeople to violence麻木人们对暴力的意识
17. wake up theneed for self-protection唤醒对自我保护的需求意识
18. lawlesssociety非法制社会措施
19. combat crime对抗犯罪
20. impose harshpunishment施加严酷的惩罚
21. Capital punishments| Death penalty 死刑
22. To sentencecriminals to death 判死刑
23. A criminalrecord 犯罪记录
24. To engage inunlawful activities 参与不合法的行为
25. To re-offend 再度犯罪
26. Criminals =Wrongdoers = Lawbreakers = Convicts = Offenders 罪犯的说法
27. Rehabilitatedprisoners 改造犯人
28. Communityservice 社区服务
29. Todeter/discourage people from doing something 阻止人们做某事
30. Inmates 囚犯
31. To sendsomebody to prison 送进监狱
32. be aware ofthe dire consequences意识到极其严重的后果
33. deter crime遏制犯罪
34. tackle theroot cause of crime解决犯罪的根本
