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Figure A10.4: Prevalence of substance dependence or abuse by education level

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Crime

As people achieve higher education levels, they are statistically less likely to commit crimes. The analysis identifies the following three types of crime-related expenses: 1) criminal justice expenditures, including police protection, judicial and legal, and corrections, 2) victim costs, and 3) productivity lost as a result of time spent in jail or prison rather than working. Figure A10.5 displays the educational attainment of the incarcerated population in the U.S. Data are derived from the breakdown of the inmate population by education level in federal, state, and local prisons as provided by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 63

63 Nowotny, Kathryn, Ryan Masters, and Jason Boardman, 2016. "The relationship between education and health among incarcerated m an and women in the United States" BMC Public Health. September 2016.

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