Long-Term Dynamics of Neighborhoods and Crime: The Role of Education Over 40 Years

ConclusionThe findings provide evidence that educational attainment has important consequences for neighborhood crime, but this relationship depends on the kind of education, historical temporal period, and region of the city. Overall, communities with more college degrees are consistently associated with reductions in violence in more recent decades.
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - Category: Criminology Source Type: research