Suçla ilgili kuramların ve yapılan ampirik araştırmaların çoğunda eğitim değişkeni suçu açıklayan önemli faktörlerden biri olarak ortaya konulmaktadır. Buna göre, eğitimin niteliği ve kalitesi arttıkça suç işleme eğiliminde bir düşüş gözlemlenmektedir. Öte yandan “suçun”, eğitimin olumlu etkilerini azalttığı ifade edilmektedir. Bu makalede, bir yandan eğitim ve suç arasındaki ilişki Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devleti’nin resmi Adalet İstatistikleri de göz önünde bulundurularak tartışılmakta diğer yandan konunun sosyolojik boyutunu kuramsal olarak açıklamak amaçlanmaktadır. Dolayısıyla makalede eğitim ile suç arasındaki ilişkinin çeşitli yönleriyle tartışılmasının yanı sıra, bu ilişkiyi anlamlandırmaya katkı sağlayabilecek suçla ilgili kuramlara özetle yer verilmektedir. Bu çalışmada ulaşılan bilimsel literatür doğrultusunda eğitim ve suç arasındaki ilişki sosyolojik olarak analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan sosyolojik analiz doğrultusunda hem uluslararası literatür hem de suç teorileri açısından eğitim-suç ilişkisine bakıldığında insani sermayeye yatırım yapılması önem arz etmektedir. Özetle eğitimin nitelikli, eşit ve erişilebilir olması özellikle dezavantajlı durumda olan, suç çevresinde yaşayan hem suça itilme hem de suç mağduru olma riski olan çocuklar ve bireyler için bir kurtuluş olabilir
Augustyn, M. B. ve Loughran, T. A. (2017). Juvenile waiver as a mechanism of social stratification: A focus on human capital. Criminology, 55(2), 405-437.
Autor, D. H., Katz, L. F. ve Kearney, M. S. (2008). Trends in US wage inequality: Revising the revisionists. The Review of economics and statistics, 90(2), 300-323.Brown, R. ve Velásquez, A. (2017). The effect of violent crime on the human capital accumulation of young adults. Journal of Development Economics, 127, 1-12.
Burdick-Will, J. (2013). School violent crime and academic achievement in Chicago. Sociology of Education, 86(4), 343-361.
Burris, M. W. (2011). Mississippi and the school-to-prison pipeline. Widener Journal of Law, Economics, and Race, 3, 1–25.
Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü. (2021). Hükümlü ve Tutuklu İstatistikleri. http://www.cte.adalet.gov.tr/ (Erişim tarihi: 30.05.2021)
Christle, C. A., Jolivette, K. ve Nelson, C. M. (2005). Breaking the school to prison pipeline: Identifying school risk and protective factors for youth delinquency. Exceptionality, 13(2), 69-88. doi:10.1207/s15327035ex1302_2
Darensbourg, A., Perez, E. ve Blake, J. (2010). Overrepresentation of African American males in exclusionary discipline: The role of school-based mental health professionals in dismantling the school to. Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME), 1(3), 196–211.
Furlong, M. ve Morrison, G. (2000). The school in school violence: Definitions and facts. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 8(2), 71-82. doi:10.1177/106342660000800203
García, J. L., Heckman, J. J. ve Ziff, A. L. (2019). Early childhood education and crime. Infant Mental Health Journal, 40(1), 141-151.
Gimenez, G. ve Barrado, B. (2020). Exposure to crime and academic achievement: A case study for Costa Rica using PISA data. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 65, 1-14.
Glenn, J. W. (2019). Resilience matters: Examining the school to prison pipeline through the lens of school-based problem behaviors. Justice Policy Journal, 16(1), 1-23.
Gottfredson, G. D., Gottfredson, D. C., Payne, A. A. ve Gottfredson, N. C. (2005). School climate predictors of school disorder: Results from a national study of delinquency prevention in schools. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 42(4), 412-444. doi:10.1177/0022427804271931
Groot, W., Brink, H. M. (2010) The effects of education on crime, Applied Economics, 42(3), 279-289, DOI: 10.1080/00036840701604412
Güllü, İ. (2014). Suç olgusuna yönelik teorik ve eleştirel bir yaklaşım. KMÜ Sosyal ve Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 16, 104-107.
Haynie, D. L. ve Osgood, D. W. (2005). Reconsidering peers and delinquency: How do peers matter? Social Forces, 84(2), 1109-1130.
Heimer, K. ve Matsueda, R. L. (1994). Role-taking, role commitment, and delinquency: a theory of differential social control. American Sociological Review, 59(3), 365. doi:10.2307/2095939
Henry, K. L., Knight, K. E. ve Thornberry, T. P. (2012). School disengagement as a predictor of dropout, delinquency, and problem substance use during adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41(2), 156–166. doi:10.1007/s10964-011-9665-3
Hirschi, T. (2002). Causes of Delinquency. New York: Transaction Publishers.
Huebner, A. J. ve Betts, S. C. (2002). Exploring the utility of social control theory for youth development issues of attachment, involvement, and gender. Youth and Society, 34(2), 123–145. doi:10.1177/004411802237860
Işık, H. (2006). Çocuk suçluluğu ve okullar ile ilişkisi. Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kırşehir Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 7(2), 287–299.
Kahya, O. ve Ekinci, C. E. (2018). In their own words: School lives of children with an imprisoned parent. International Journal of Educational Development, 62, 165-173. doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2018.04.002
Kızmaz, Z. (2004). Öğrenim düzeyi̇ ve suç: Suç-okul ilişkisi üzerine sosyolojik bir araştırma. Fırat Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 14(2), 291–319.
Leon, G. (2012). Civil conflict and human capital accumulation the long-term effects of political violence in Peru. Journal of Human Resources, 47(4), 991-1022.
Lochner, L. (2004). Education, work, and crime: A human capital approach. International Economic Review, 45(3), 811-843.
Machin, S., Marie, O. ve Vujić, S. (2011). The crime reducing effect of education. The Economic Journal, 121(552), 463-484.
Machin, S., Vujić, S. ve Marie, O. (2012). Youth crime and education expansion. German Economic Review, 13(4), 366-384.
Maguin, E. ve Loeber, R. (1996). Academic performance and delinquency. Crime and Justice, 20, 145-264. doi:10.4324/9780429346750-24
Marginson, S. (2019). Limitations of human capital theory. Studies in Higher Education, 44(2), 287-301.
Margolin, G., ve Gordis, E. B. (2000). The effects of family and community violence on children. Annual Review of Psychology, 51(1), 445-479.
Matsueda, R. L. ve Heimer, K. (1987). Race, family structure, and delinquency: A test of differential association and social control. American Sociological Review, 52(6), 826–840.
Mazza, J. ve Overstreet, S. (2000). Children and adolescents exposed to community violence: A mental health perspective for schpsychologists. School Psychology Review, 29(1), 86-101.
Mengi, B. T. (2009). Beyaz yaka suçları ve bir uygulama. Yayınlanmamış doktora tezi, Marmara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
Merton, R. K. (1968). Social Theory and Social Structure. New York: The Free Press.
Osher, D., Bear, G. G., Sprague, J. R. ve Doyle, W. (2010). How can we improve school discipline? Educational Researcher, 39(1), 48-58. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357618
Osofsky, J. D. (1999). The effect of exposure to violence on young children. American Psychologist, 50(9), 782.
Ozer, E. ve Weintsein, R. (2004). Urban adolescents′ exposure to community violence: the role of support, school safety, and social constraints in a school-based sample of boys and girls. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33(3), 463-476.
Roy, S., Morton, M. ve Bhattacharya, S. (2018). Hidden human capital: Self-efficacy, aspirations and achievements of adolescent and young women in India. World Development, 111, 161-180.
Sharkey, P. (2010). The acute effect of local homicides on children's cognitive performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(26), 11733-11738.
Shemyakina, O. (2011). The effect of armed conflict on accumulation of schooling: Results from Tajikistan. Journal of Development Economics, 95(2), 186-200.
Sickles, R.C., ve Williams, J. (2008). Turning from crime: A dynamic perspective. Journal of Econometrics, 145, 158-173.
Sutherland, E. H. (1940). White-collar criminality. American Sociological Review, 5(1), 1–12.
Şentürk, F. ve Kasap, M. (2013). Beyaz yaka suçları ve finansal yolsuzluklar. Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 3(2), 143-167.
A Sociological Analysis of the Relationship between Education and Crime
In most of the theories and empirical studies on crime, the education is put forward as one of the important factors explaining crime. Accordingly, as the quality and quality of education increases, a decrease is observed in the tendency to commit crimes. On the other hand, it is stated that “crime” reduces the positive effects of education. In this article, the relationship between education and crime is discussed by considering the official reports of Justice Statistics of the Republic of Turkey, as well as it is aimed to explain the sociological trajectories of the subject theoretically. Therefore, in the article, besides discussing various aspects of the relationship between education and crime, theories related to crime that can contribute to making sense of this relationship are briefly included. In this study, the relationship between education and crime was analyzed sociologically in line with the scientific literature reached. In line with the sociological analysis, it is important to invest in human capital when the education-crime relationship is examined in terms of both international literature and crime theories. In summary, quality, equal and accessible education can be a salvation for children and individuals who are especially disadvantaged, who live in a crime environment, and who are at risk of both being pushed into crime and being victims of crime.
Augustyn, M. B. ve Loughran, T. A. (2017). Juvenile waiver as a mechanism of social stratification: A focus on human capital. Criminology, 55(2), 405-437.
Autor, D. H., Katz, L. F. ve Kearney, M. S. (2008). Trends in US wage inequality: Revising the revisionists. The Review of economics and statistics, 90(2), 300-323.Brown, R. ve Velásquez, A. (2017). The effect of violent crime on the human capital accumulation of young adults. Journal of Development Economics, 127, 1-12.
Burdick-Will, J. (2013). School violent crime and academic achievement in Chicago. Sociology of Education, 86(4), 343-361.
Burris, M. W. (2011). Mississippi and the school-to-prison pipeline. Widener Journal of Law, Economics, and Race, 3, 1–25.
Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü. (2021). Hükümlü ve Tutuklu İstatistikleri. http://www.cte.adalet.gov.tr/ (Erişim tarihi: 30.05.2021)
Christle, C. A., Jolivette, K. ve Nelson, C. M. (2005). Breaking the school to prison pipeline: Identifying school risk and protective factors for youth delinquency. Exceptionality, 13(2), 69-88. doi:10.1207/s15327035ex1302_2
Darensbourg, A., Perez, E. ve Blake, J. (2010). Overrepresentation of African American males in exclusionary discipline: The role of school-based mental health professionals in dismantling the school to. Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME), 1(3), 196–211.
Furlong, M. ve Morrison, G. (2000). The school in school violence: Definitions and facts. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 8(2), 71-82. doi:10.1177/106342660000800203
García, J. L., Heckman, J. J. ve Ziff, A. L. (2019). Early childhood education and crime. Infant Mental Health Journal, 40(1), 141-151.
Gimenez, G. ve Barrado, B. (2020). Exposure to crime and academic achievement: A case study for Costa Rica using PISA data. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 65, 1-14.
Glenn, J. W. (2019). Resilience matters: Examining the school to prison pipeline through the lens of school-based problem behaviors. Justice Policy Journal, 16(1), 1-23.
Gottfredson, G. D., Gottfredson, D. C., Payne, A. A. ve Gottfredson, N. C. (2005). School climate predictors of school disorder: Results from a national study of delinquency prevention in schools. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 42(4), 412-444. doi:10.1177/0022427804271931
Groot, W., Brink, H. M. (2010) The effects of education on crime, Applied Economics, 42(3), 279-289, DOI: 10.1080/00036840701604412
Güllü, İ. (2014). Suç olgusuna yönelik teorik ve eleştirel bir yaklaşım. KMÜ Sosyal ve Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 16, 104-107.
Haynie, D. L. ve Osgood, D. W. (2005). Reconsidering peers and delinquency: How do peers matter? Social Forces, 84(2), 1109-1130.
Heimer, K. ve Matsueda, R. L. (1994). Role-taking, role commitment, and delinquency: a theory of differential social control. American Sociological Review, 59(3), 365. doi:10.2307/2095939
Henry, K. L., Knight, K. E. ve Thornberry, T. P. (2012). School disengagement as a predictor of dropout, delinquency, and problem substance use during adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41(2), 156–166. doi:10.1007/s10964-011-9665-3
Hirschi, T. (2002). Causes of Delinquency. New York: Transaction Publishers.
Huebner, A. J. ve Betts, S. C. (2002). Exploring the utility of social control theory for youth development issues of attachment, involvement, and gender. Youth and Society, 34(2), 123–145. doi:10.1177/004411802237860
Işık, H. (2006). Çocuk suçluluğu ve okullar ile ilişkisi. Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kırşehir Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 7(2), 287–299.
Kahya, O. ve Ekinci, C. E. (2018). In their own words: School lives of children with an imprisoned parent. International Journal of Educational Development, 62, 165-173. doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2018.04.002
Kızmaz, Z. (2004). Öğrenim düzeyi̇ ve suç: Suç-okul ilişkisi üzerine sosyolojik bir araştırma. Fırat Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 14(2), 291–319.
Leon, G. (2012). Civil conflict and human capital accumulation the long-term effects of political violence in Peru. Journal of Human Resources, 47(4), 991-1022.
Lochner, L. (2004). Education, work, and crime: A human capital approach. International Economic Review, 45(3), 811-843.
Machin, S., Marie, O. ve Vujić, S. (2011). The crime reducing effect of education. The Economic Journal, 121(552), 463-484.
Machin, S., Vujić, S. ve Marie, O. (2012). Youth crime and education expansion. German Economic Review, 13(4), 366-384.
Maguin, E. ve Loeber, R. (1996). Academic performance and delinquency. Crime and Justice, 20, 145-264. doi:10.4324/9780429346750-24
Marginson, S. (2019). Limitations of human capital theory. Studies in Higher Education, 44(2), 287-301.
Margolin, G., ve Gordis, E. B. (2000). The effects of family and community violence on children. Annual Review of Psychology, 51(1), 445-479.
Matsueda, R. L. ve Heimer, K. (1987). Race, family structure, and delinquency: A test of differential association and social control. American Sociological Review, 52(6), 826–840.
Mazza, J. ve Overstreet, S. (2000). Children and adolescents exposed to community violence: A mental health perspective for schpsychologists. School Psychology Review, 29(1), 86-101.
Mengi, B. T. (2009). Beyaz yaka suçları ve bir uygulama. Yayınlanmamış doktora tezi, Marmara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
Merton, R. K. (1968). Social Theory and Social Structure. New York: The Free Press.
Osher, D., Bear, G. G., Sprague, J. R. ve Doyle, W. (2010). How can we improve school discipline? Educational Researcher, 39(1), 48-58. doi:10.3102/0013189X09357618
Osofsky, J. D. (1999). The effect of exposure to violence on young children. American Psychologist, 50(9), 782.
Ozer, E. ve Weintsein, R. (2004). Urban adolescents′ exposure to community violence: the role of support, school safety, and social constraints in a school-based sample of boys and girls. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33(3), 463-476.
Roy, S., Morton, M. ve Bhattacharya, S. (2018). Hidden human capital: Self-efficacy, aspirations and achievements of adolescent and young women in India. World Development, 111, 161-180.
Sharkey, P. (2010). The acute effect of local homicides on children's cognitive performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(26), 11733-11738.
Shemyakina, O. (2011). The effect of armed conflict on accumulation of schooling: Results from Tajikistan. Journal of Development Economics, 95(2), 186-200.
Sickles, R.C., ve Williams, J. (2008). Turning from crime: A dynamic perspective. Journal of Econometrics, 145, 158-173.
Sutherland, E. H. (1940). White-collar criminality. American Sociological Review, 5(1), 1–12.
Şentürk, F. ve Kasap, M. (2013). Beyaz yaka suçları ve finansal yolsuzluklar. Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 3(2), 143-167.
Sezer, S., Kahya, O., & Yıldırım, K. (2022). Eğitim ve Suç Arasındaki İlişkinin Sosyolojik Analizi. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 9(2), 441-452. https://doi.org/10.21666/muefd.989472