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The Cause of Crime - Coggle Diagram
The Cause of Crime
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Education.
The quality and quantity of education a person receives is commonly viewed as a determinate of that persons success/ way of live.
The disparity between the education levels of the inmate population and the general population is astounding.
Only 18% of the Gen Pop have not completed high school/equivalence. While at the federal level is at 27% and the local jail level is at 47%.
Goes as far to say that if the average educational level was raised by just one year, state level arrests could be reduced by 11%.
The author goes to say that another side of the correlation between education and crime is poor school performance/ low intelligence.
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The US Department of Justice even goes as far to say that the typical offender is undereducated, unemployed and living in poverty before incarceration.
Of the adult inmate population, 19% are illiterate compared to the 4% nationality. In addition, 60% of the adult inmate population is functionally illiterate, compared to the 23% nationality.
Goes on to say that recidivism rates in America vary between 41% and 71% and the most efficient way to reduce recidivism is to educate prisoners.
Cites a study from the National Institute of Justice that compared inmates who attended school, received their GED and vocational training and those who did not. They saw a 20% lower rate of reoffending inmates.
Asserts that Americas economy would save about 2 billion dollars in social costs related to crime if the high school graduation rate in this country went up by just one percent.
Argues that in the past, the main dwelling for socialization was a child's home, but as work becomes more demanding on parents, they lose valuable time with their children, therefore losing the ability to properly socialize them.
Hence, children spend much of their time at school and get much of their socialization accordingly.
Education tries to develop enough social skills to deter kids form engaging in crime. School stresses many behaviors that are not useful in the criminal world such as respect and being a good citizen.
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The author takes another perspective by stating that there is a relationship between crime and a dislike for school that leads to truancy.
There is a possible link that juveniles that are in school are under supervision and cannot commit as many crimes as they could away from school.
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Argues that Poverty is one of the main drivers for crime as well as a lack of education and how children are raised (Single Parent).