How Does Law Help in Reducing Crimes?

Law is a set of rules recognized by a country or community to regulate the actions of its people. It becomes something the people use to live by. But, like any other rules, it can be broken. Should a law be broken by an individual, a punishment or penalty can be passed on by the authority of the certain country or community to the individual. 

Laws prevent its people from doing bad things. Another name for such bad things would be crimes. Examples of crimes would be murder, rape, robbery, etc. People constantly break the law and commit crimes for various reasons. When an individual commits a crime, they can be reported to the authorities and arrested. If they are guilty, they can be punished by serving time in prison, doing community work, and in severe cases, they can be punished to a death sentence. Whatever they are asked to do, it won't be something enjoyable. The point of a punishment is to teach the individual to not break the law anymore. Other than that, it can also scare the individual from committing more crimes. 

It is this fear that stops people from committing crimes. The law indirectly scares the people of a country or community with the possibility of punishment, and that is how it reduces crimes.