Has law helped in reducing crime?

In my opinion, yes it has. Why? I think that psychological influence is very powerful. The people’s minds are affected by threats. I personally am affected if someone were to threaten me, I would be scared. The law does not eliminate crime, but it reduces and minimizes crime. There is only a very low chance (if any) of all people being at peace and not committing any crimes.

In one way or another, the law has made Earth’s countries a more peaceful place to be. It may seem to affect us now since we are already experiencing it. But try to think about it, if the law didn’t exist, there would be a million times more crimes than if there was a law. Without law, the poor will become poorer and the rich will become richer. This would be only one of many possible results if there was no law.

The law seeks to punish and prevent and it has been quite successful in its objective. When a criminal is captured, he will be sent to prison or at least give back what he took through community service (depending on the severity of the crime). In this period, the criminal will ponder on what he has done. This will be likely to prevent him to keep doing what he had done because he feels guilty.