The role of education in determining the attitudes towards crime in Europe

Elena D'Agostino, Emiliano Sironi and Giuseppe Sobbrio

Applied Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 20, issue 8, 724-727

Abstract: Using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), we investigate the relationship between education and attitudes towards offences and crime. The results suggest that in a European context years spent in education are positively associated with more permissive attitudes towards criminal behaviour.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.739280

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