Three most common crimes commited in Spain

According to Living and Working in Spain (Hampshire: 2000), Spain has one of the lowest crime rates of Europe with an incidence of nearly fifty crimes per thousand inhabitants. Thus, it could be said that Spaniards in general have a considerable respect for the law.

However, we cannot forget that they are used to violate some minor laws with pett crimes such as illegal parking, drinking on the streets or parks, making too much noise, and so on and so forth. Indeed, Spain has been portrayed as THE picaresque country, as the novel El Lazarillo de Tormes accurately puts it.

According to statistics, the two most common crimes commited in Spain are theft and drug dealing. In order to avoid them, it is essential to deal with the primary motivation for stealing and for selling drugs, which is in most of the cases making easy money. These crimes have increased in number due to the economic crisis we are suffering in the Western society.

As for the third crime, I would point to political corruption, which is a more delicate issue. We have to concede that in these times of crisis lots of corrupt politicians have been uncovered, but it does not seem enough. Spanish citizens have lost their faith in political leaders. Some of them demand a radical change; others have become in some sense egotistical and do not want to risk their relatively comfortable life for a utopian change. Yet there is a few that benefit from the current situation.

One solution to these problems could be improving the education of our children. In the end, they are the future generations, our hope for a society that really would live up to the values of an actual democracy. It may very well be vital to teach social values such as empathy, justice and respect, as well as fighting against social injustices. How is it going to be done efficiently considering the poor example our society is giving is still an unsolved matter.