Education Cuts Chance of Youth Offending by 18 Percent: Legal Service

‘Every single thing that we can do to help to keep kids in school, and help schools keep them there is the solution,’ said the co-director of Wejustice.

Part of a collection of knives seized by police around transport hubs in the last six months is displayed at the Victoria Police Centre in Melbourne, Australia, on April 1, 2010. Julian Smith/AAP Image

Educating young Australians can cuts the chance of committing a crime by 18 percent, says the head of Victorian legal service Wejustice.

Anoushka Jeronimus, co-director for the children’s rights program, made the comments during a Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee hearing in Parliament examining the issue of youth crime.