The increase in city crime is a global phenomenon. Some people say that a lot of crime in this country is because of (1 - migrate) ______ and the new people arriving from other countries bringdifferent (2 - culture) ______ values and attitudes to the law. I don’t agree with this idea because themost common crimes are (3 - local) ______ produced and not imported from other countries. (4 -Vandal) ______ is one of the biggest crimes in my city with bus shelters and shop windows beingpopular targets. Another popular crime is (5 - pay) ______ parking fines, which is unlikely to be becauseof immigrants because most of them do not own cars. The (6 - oppose) ______ point of view is thatyoung local people feel angry when they can’t get a job and in order to (7 - hand) ______ the change intheir environment, they strike out at easy targets. This would explain why bicycle (8 - thief) ______ ismore common than car crime these days, especially in rich (9 - neighbors) ______ where most cars areprotected with electronic alarms. Another reason, though, for so many bicycles getting stolen might bethat the (10 - punish) ______ is not very severe compared to car stealing which can land you in prison fora number of years.
1. immigration
2. cultural
3. locally
4. vandalism
5. unpaid
6. opposing
7. handle
8. theft
9. neighborhoods
10. punishment