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Saving Futures, Saving Dollars: The Impact of Education on Crime Reduction and Earnings
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The need to strengthen U.S. high schools and increase the graduation rate is explained in relation to crime reduction. Sections of this brief are: crime reduction through better education; crime doesn't pay but diplomas do; education and crime; high school improvement is key to graduating more students; and the table "The Impact of Five Percent Increase in Male High School Graduation Rates on Crime Reduction and Earnings." A 5% increase in the high school graduation rate could result in a combined savings and revenue of $8 billion per year in the U.S.