Is it possible that educational attainment of a person affect anyone to commit a crime?
Education helps people broaden thier horizon, which would help them to be wiser in deciding over the things they would incounter.
Educational attainment would help a person land on a better job and will eventually lead to have a stable life.
These days if we visit a penetenciary or prisons we would find persons inside that dont have a high educational attainment leading them not landing on a stable job and not making enough money to support their daily lives .So I think they would resort in an easy money making job like selling drugs or doing petty crimes just earn money.
But on tge other side there are still people who are professionals who commit crimes and they earn much .They are using their educational attainment to decieve others.
Thus I think Educatinal attainment doesn have a direct impact on the behavior of a person.
Becker's (1996) economic model of crime implies that the increased opportunity costs and patience associated with higher education would decrease criminal activity. Third, increased schooling can decrease an individual's criminal propensity by increasing his attachment to legitimate society.