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Crime-related and demographic statistics for 47 US states in 1960 were collected from government agencies, including the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. One analysis of this data found a strong connection between education and crime indicating that higher levels of education in a community correspond to higher crime rates.

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Correlation does not imply causation. It is possible for 2 factors, in this case level of education and crime rate, to be influenced by a hidden factor in the background (for example economic downturn leading to educated people who are laid off taking to crime).

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