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Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values. Heterogeneity in societies will be the rule in the 21st century, and failure to recognize and plan for such diversity can (46)___________________________________________ ___________________________ lead to serious crime problems.
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• Crime is increasing worldwide. There is every reason to believe trend will continue through the next few decades. the (36)______ • Crime rates have always been high in multicultural industrialized societies such as the United States. But a new phenomenon has appeared on the world (38)______: (37)____________ scene rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few (39)________. offences Street crimes such as robbery, rape, (40)________ murder and auto theft are clearly rising, (41)__________ particularly in eastern European countries such as Hungary and in western European nations such as the United Kingdom.
• Crime is increasing worldwide. There is every reason to believe the (36)______ will continue through the next few decades. • Crime rates have always been high in multicultural industrialized societies such as the United States. But a new (37)______ has appeared on the world (38)______: rapidly rising crime rates in nations that previously reported few (39)______. Street crimes such as robbery, rape, (40)______ and auto theft are clearly rising, (41)______ in eastern European countries such as Hungary and in western European nations such as the United Kingdom.
explosion There are no simple • What is driving this crime (42)_________? associated answers. Still, there’re certain conditions (43)_____________ with rising crime. Increasing heterogeneity of populations, greater cultural pluralism, higher immigration, democratization of governments, (44)_________________________________ changing national borders, greater economic growth and the lack of accepted social ideas of __________________________________________________ _________________, these conditions are increasingly right and wrong. observable around the world. For instance, cultures that were previously isolated and homogeneous such as Japan, Denmark, are now facing the sort of cultural variety and Greece (45)_____________________________________ that has been common in America for most of its history. __________________________________________________.
• What is driving this crime (42)______? There are no simple answers. Still, there’re certain conditions (43)______ with rising crime. Increasing heterogeneity of populations, greater cultural pluralism, higher immigration, democratization of governments, (44)_______________________________________________ ________, these conditions are increasingly observable around the world. For instance, cultures that were previously isolated and homogeneous such as Japan, Denmark, and Greece (45)________________________________________. Multiculturalism can be a rewarding, enriching experience, but it can also lead to a clash of values. Heterogeneity in societies will be the rule in the 21st century, and (46)________________ _________________________________.