Description
Disengagement from the labour market and education increases the incentive to engage in economically motivated criminal activities and other antisocial behaviours. Furthermore, youth offending is often linked to educational underachievement, and studies have shown a causal link between an individual’s education and labour market prospects and their probability of turning to economic-related crime. Conversely, not only does unemployment make crime more likely but a criminal record makes future unemployment more likely. In addition to getting involved in criminal activities, NEETs are at a higher risk of involvement in risky behaviour in general. Young NEETs may become engaged in a cumulative set of risk-related behaviours such as alcohol and drug abuse and involvement in crime.
