Global security - Academic essay 世界是否比以前安全(2)

to take care of their health, so people are able to live a longer life than before. According to the research, life expectancy around the world has risen dramatically, by 11 years for men and 12 years for women over the last four decades.

Moreover, people have better social security today. The occurrence and development of insurance helps people to get financial support when they encounter difficulties. For example, if one man is unemployed or suffers from accident in his work unfortunately, he can receive

financial support from insurance, which may relieve his economical stress. Also, peoples’ sense of self-protection has been promoted. With the power of education and advertisement, people are better at dealing with some emergency situation and protecting themselves. For example, schools plan and organize fire drills to promote student’s awareness of fire prevention and educate them how to save themselves when facing with emergency situation. Meanwhile, there is a dropping tendency in the crime rate. According to the criminologist James Alan Fox, the crime rate for serious crimes, including murder, rape, and assault, has dropped significantly since the early 1990s in part because of improved law and policing. Obviously, the social security is much better than before.

In brief, we do live in a relatively safer world. People suffer less from wars, diseases and get better social security to protect themselves to some extent. What the world will develop into is unforeseen and uncertain, but what should be made sure is that we have to keep confidence to the world we live in.

Kevin Feng

2013-02-03