Studies show that many criminals have a low level of education. For this reason, some people believe that the best way to reduce crime is to educate people in prison so they could get a good job once they are released. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Researchers have consistently shown a positive correlation between a person’s level of

education

and their likelihood of committing a crime. The lower one’s

education

level, the higher the probability that

this

person will be sent to

prison

at some point. Even though I agree that encouraging

education

is the answer,

education

whilst in

prison

is unlikely to fully solve the problem. It is clear that

education

discourages people from becoming involved in illegal activities.

For example

, research in the UK shows that many criminals do not have the skills and training to work in a

profession

, which means that they struggle to earn money and may be forced to commit crimes by these circumstances.

In contrast

, most jobs requiring special training

provide

Suggestion

to provide

a good standard of living, and

thus

remove a major incentive to do anything illegal. When is the best time to provide

education

? People in

prison

have already committed a crime. While helping them to acquire the knowledge

for

Suggestion

of

a

profession

while serving their sentence is important for their future, the best result that

such

an approach can achieve is to keep them from

reoffending

offending against or breaking a law or rule

offending

. I believe the ultimate goal of our society is to deter people from doing something illegal in the

first

place. In order to achieve

this

, the government should provide free

education

to people from underprivileged backgrounds, which would enable them to learn the skills necessary for a

profession

and prevent them from heading down the criminal path. To conclude, I agree that educating people and training them for a

profession

would help to prevent many from committing crimes;

however

, providing accessible

education

before one becomes a criminal would be more effective than waiting for them to go to

prison

.