Diplomas keep young people away from police
Young people without a basic qualification come considerably more often in contact with the police than peers who have had at least basic vocational training. A recent study by the Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics compared the 2 groups in the Netherlands. As it turns out, especially unemployed drop outs come relatively often in contact with the authorities.
Youth criminality has dropped recently
In general, youth criminality has decreased in the Netherlands in recent years, most significantly among drop-outs. There is however still a big gap in how often young people with and without a basic qualification face the police.
Drop-outs more often suspected of crime
Among young people without a basic qualification, the percentage of people who are suspected of a crime is 5,3 percent. This is about 3 times as high as their peers who received longer education and have a higher degree of education.
Unemployed drop outs seem to be worst off
Young drop-outs are also more often unemployed than young people
with a basic diploma. These unemployed youngsters without a basic
qualification come even more often in contact with the police is
than the average youngster without a basic qualification. For
example, 11,3 percent of all unemployed drop-outs in the
Netherlands was arrested for suspicion of being involved in
criminal activity at some point in the period of 2008-2010. In the
group of young people with a basic qualification and a job, this
percentage was 1,5.
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