The main concern is that education opens doors of opportunity, while the lack of it places more and more uneducated and underskilled workers into society, thereby increasing the probability for crime. Education can teach children what is right and what is wrong. Education is a way out of poverty. One popular sentiment is that crime is increased with the spreading of economic despair. Admittedly, teachers do not create jobs for poor people, and they cannot erase the damage done by drugs.
Schools can, however, provide skills to students and hope for a brighter future.
I t seemed that the students would have more of a connection with the authority figure and, in turn, more respect for authority. Small secondary schools would also, for this same previous reason, create a better environment while the bigger schools would lend themselves more to criminal activity. The issue of teenagers who were not in high school really struck me. Since the type of student who usually drops out is one without ambition, it only makes sense that the crime rate would be positively affected wi th a large percentage of teenagers not in high school. The state-spending factor is difficult.