Many studies have shown that most criminals have a low level of education. Some people say that to reduce the crime rate, criminals must be educated within prisons. It will improve their prospects of employment when they are released. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give your opinion and relevant examples.

Many studies have shown that most criminals have a low level of education. Some people say that to reduce the crime rate, criminals must be educated within prisons. It will improve their prospects of employment when they are released. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give your opinion and relevant examples.

 

Ielts Essay Crime and Education 

Some  social reformers have arrived at a conclusion – though also inviting contradictions – that illiteracy is proving to be a catalyst to the  pressing problem of rising crime. If convicts could be educated while serving their sentence, it would heighten their chances of gaining  employment. Thus, causing a decline in  criminal activities.  

Such an initiative, if implemented, could act as a potent tool of rehabilitation, by way of imparting training and skills in alternative trades that could make criminals capable of earning a livelihood, once they complete their sentence, without harming others. This would prevent them from becoming a public hazard, and instead help the society to derive productivity from them.

Similarly, this may also prove to be of a great help. As many human behavior experts suggest, this may reform those who have been indulging in unlawful activities. Education has a potential of enlightening people of the impact their misdeeds had on the society in the past, and also the consequences they and their families might face in case they chose to follow the deviant ways of life after their set free. This could inspire them to abandon their path and lead a safe life.

However, despite optimism in many sections about the outcomes, many fail to see light at the end of the tunnel.  Such individuals are irredeemable, for they crave for easy money, and will never give up their unlawful ways, come what may. Moreover, many doubt whether businesses would employ them, owing to their past. This eliminates any chance of unlawful elements joining back the mainstream.  

In the hindsight, I feel although using education to minimize crime seems to be too ambitious and too simplistic a plan to handle the  menace, hopes must not be abandoned  to mitigate incidence of unlawful activities.