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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8 - Rise and fall for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Discuss what reasons might be given for the trend connected to the following sub-headings. Then read the rest of the article to see if you were right.

Answer

  • Education: people are better educated about drugs and alcohol; more people are going into further education
  • Distraction: 18–24 year olds don’t have time to commit crime as they’re studying or playing video games
  • Demographics and environment: there are fewer young people than 20–30 years ago; banning lead in petrol has reduced violence
  • Technology: new technology makes it harder to steal cars, for example, though it makes other crimes easier
  • Prison and policing: people spend longer in jail; police catch more criminals by focusing on ‘hotspots’

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