Report on crime in Costa Rica

In Costa Rica, crime is something that increases every day. Insecurity is one of the reasons; most of people have been robbed, abused or killed. Laws aren’t strong enough for the ones who have committed one or several crimes like the ones mentioned before. Most of the cases, guilty persons only go to jail for a short time and this affects the quality of life of the victims and the society as well. 

For example, a young man killed a person who was 45 years old. This pitiful fact was in Guanacaste. The young wanted to rob the adult and this one didn’t let him. For this reason, the young person took a tube and he thumped it against the adult is head and after that, the young inserted him four stabs. The person died instantly. The young will be in jail for 3 years.

Now, relatives claimed that newspaper and other media take advantage of these situations and unfortunately, yellow press showed photos or different images that are uncomfortable for people to watch.

Finally, the president said that crime affects society on every aspect and it’s important to resolve all the necessities about this topic because is a real problem that has to be resolved as soon as possible.