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That doesn't mean anything though. :)

It merely proved a correlation between mental ability and educational success in the current educational system.

It does not show whether the cause of crime is the actual lack of mental ability, or the failure of the education system to properly prepare them for adult life.

In other words: You've not shown that more effort to educate people would result in the same crime levels as with the current effort.



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