Impact of educational services on crime rate reduction: An analysis on Turkey

Education contributes to economic and social benefits for individuals. This contribution is beneficial in micro-scale to the individuals and in macro-scale to the society due to individuals generate society. For this reason, states need to provide educational services. Educational services create positive externality through individuals on society as a result of declining criminal offense. Studies conducted with the separation of various types of crime indicate that education is a particularly effective deterrent to crimes of violence and property. The year to year increase in this kind of crime convicted in Turkey should be questioned in terms of the adequacy of the education services offered in our country, among other factors. In this context, the concept of crime has been investigated in relation to the educational services offered by limiting the crime to violence and property crimes, including crimes of killing, rape, and theft. To understand the seriousness of the crime rate and the education services better in Turkey, it is appealed to comparison with the various OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries in which data are accessible. Among these countries, Turkey is a country where there are significant deficiencies in the education services. Also, the number of person who committed the mentioned crimes increase significantly every year. As a result, those set forth in the literature, education and violence/property crimes considered in conjunction, improving quality of education services in Turkey may cause a decrease in the number of individuals committing these types of crimes. Keywords: Education Service, Education System, Crime, Violence Crimes, Crime Rates.