Answer — Exercise 3
8 - Rise and fall·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
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’