According to recent researches, lower crime rates have been recorded among the educated section of the population. So that, educating imprisoned criminals is seen as the most appealing way to decrease the crime rate. I partially agree with this viewpoint; though education for prisoners could help to figure out this situation, I still believe that after releasing, criminals’ behavior and environment are likely to urge them to commit a crime again.
On the one hand, it is clearly seen from studies that in order to reduce crime rates in society, educating criminals being in prison is proved to be helpful. Take Scandinavian countries (Norway, Finland, and Denmark) as an example where rehabilitation practices are held for criminals, such as they are able to get access to education or attend skills development programs. Indeed, in the above-mentioned countries, such initiatives work well, as numbers show how the crime rate is low there and criminals are less likely to return to their criminal behavior thanks to well-designed rehabilitating systems. This, in turn, leads to individuals become enable to control their own lives and economic stability.
On the other hand, despite having few cases where applying education for the reduction of crime makes sense, it raises a question: how suitable is it for a global scale? Around the world, there are some inequalities between countries in terms of socioeconomic situations, such as poor, developing, and developed ones. This is because putting everything into the same frame (educating) does not give us the intended result. In my opinion, for areas where criminal acts are deeply rooted in or living conditions are insufficient, released prisoners may find reintegration into society challenging not only due to the low economic opportunities but also because people around them, some being criminals, may prevent from breaking the cycle of poverty and crime.
To sum up, data show that educational attainment contributes to decreased criminal acts. Having criminals taught is one of the most proper ways to lower the crime rates in certain cases for sure, but not all the time. For some countries living below the poverty line, it is unlikely to be useful enough to stop recommitting the crime.