INFOGRAPHICCRIME
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12,643$
67%
STATE PRISON POPULATION
56%
FEDERALPRISON POPULATION
LOCAL JAIL POPULATION
69%
DID NOT COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL
INCARCERATEDHIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS
1to
INCARCERATEDCOLLEGE GRADUATES
AGES 16-24
63
1 10in
1 4in
young males
young black males
3.5x 8x
ARE IN JAIL OR JUVENILE DETENTION AT ANY POINT IN TIME
MORE LIKELYTO BE ARRESTED
MORE LIKELYTO BE INCARCERATED
DROPOUTS vs. GRADUATESHIGH SCHOOL
cost to
EDUCATE
cost to
INCARCERATE
28,323$
state average
federal average
10%INCREASE
IN GRADUATION RATES
20%DECREASE
IN MURDERAND ASSAULT RATES=
IMPACT OF A IN MALE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE:
INCREASE10%
MOTORVEHICLE THEFT
DOWN13%
ARSON
DOWN8%
MURDERS 3,000
AGGRAVATEDASSAULTS
175,000
10% INCREASE IN GRADUATION RATES
WOULD PREVENT
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1 - Bureau of Justice Statistics (as reported by Alliance for Excellent Education)2 - “The Consequences of Dropping Out of High School,” Northeastern University3 - Building Better Programs for Disconnected Youth, MDRC4 - “School or the Streets: Crime and America’s Dropout Crisis,” a report from Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a nonprofit anti-crime organization comprised of more than 3,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders5 - Alliance for Excellent Education6 - “Fight Crime: Invest in Kids” report as reported by School Library Journal7 - “Fight Crime: Invest in Kids” report (data from University of California at Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti and Canadian economist Lance Lochner)8 - Alliance for Excellent Education (data from University of California at Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti and Canadian economist Lance Lochner)
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