Has Law Helped in Reducing Crimes?

The law is used to keep a certain country or community in order. It is the rules in which the people of the community or country live by. As I have written in my previous blog entry entitled "How Does Law Help in Reducing Crimes?" it is the fear of punishment from breaking the law that stops people from committing them. 

But has law helped in reducing crimes? The answer to this question depends on the place and the people.

In countries where law are properly enforced, there is no doubt that law has helped in reducing crimes. Such countries would have to have law enforcers who are serious about their job, have a great sense of patriotism and want for improvement in their country. These people would be able to arrest most of the criminals in their country and give them the right punishment for their crime. 

But in countries where law enforcers do not take their job seriously, the law probably did not help much in reducing crimes. The law enforcers would probably be open to bribery, which makes it so much easier for the guilty individual to avoid being arrested and punished.