Young people’s access to educational and vocational opportunities is crucial for communities to thrive.
Consider a study published in 2016 that looked at the “relationship between intergenerational educational pathways and crime in the United States.” The researchers found that “downward educational pathways were predictive of increases in crime, whereas upward pathways were associated with decreases in crime.”
In other words, young people who surpassed their parents’ education level, especially those who received a four-year college degree when their parents didn’t, were less likely to be involved in criminal activity as young adults.
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