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Access to Vocational Education Reduces Crime

posted by n1 on Friday July 29 2016, @04:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the opportunists dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The crime rate, especially drug crime, decreases significantly when more 16-44 year olds have access to affordable Vocational Education and Training, (VET) according to a new University of Melbourne report.

Drug crime rate decreased 13 per cent when more people had access to a publicly-funded place in VET. The research also recorded a five percent and 11 per cent decrease in personal and property crime respectively, including assault, theft and burglary.

Report author, Dr Cain Polidano from the Melbourne Institute found that the extra public funding of VET (TAFE and private colleges) reduced the costs of crime.

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  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Friday July 29 2016, @08:18AM

    by anubi (2828) on Friday July 29 2016, @08:18AM (#381451) Journal

    And they become *extremely* price-sensitive.

    So that means if you are running a restaurant, and decide to bump your soda prices, you will see an immediate cut in your clientele.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @08:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2016, @08:29AM (#381453)

    Not exactly. You see a demographic shift in your customers from white to brown as you increase your prices.

    For fun, charge $2 for extra cheese and see who breaks your windows first.