The minority of people who do not participate in the public and social institutions that order the lives of the majority are more likely to commit crimes. So are people who are excluded from access to services that the majority take for granted, such as education. A lot of effort is put into countering alienation by drawing people into the embrace of social institutions. It is partly what lies behind such things as citizenship education and the encouragement of volunteering.
It is also why the key performance measure for Connexions is the number of under-19s in either education, work or some kind of job training. The same philosophy is at the root of such anti-crime measures as youth inclusion and support panels, which, among other things, seek to join up services and improve access for those who have been excluded in various ways.
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