Do free education, paid work, and unconditional social support REALLY prevent crime? Find out as we travel to a far distant future where the answers to these questions can be found and vefifiably proven...like in the references below!!! Also, big thanks to Aries Beats for the amazing music used in this episode: https://youtu.be/Dcfaittfv8o?si=bZISGVD0uds-T7Yl Career Criminals, Superpredators, and What Everyone Gets Wrong About Crime https://youtu.be/8rLA-TidolY BEYOND BARS: Education Key to Lower Recidivism. Jeff Isabell-Taylor https://www.nlg.org/guild-notes/article/beyond-bars-education-key-to-lower-recidivism/#:~:text=Prisoners%20who%20achieve%20a%20high,a%20master's%20degree%20is%200%25. Preventing Recidivism Through Education. Tracy Giovanetti | TEDxHickory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rK3x1jD4Nk Prison Education Reduces Recidivism. Christopher Zoukis, JD, MBA https://federalcriminaldefenseattorney.com/prison-education-facts/prison-education-reduces-recidivism/ A Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice. The Brooking Institute and The American Enterprise Institute https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Better-Path-Forward_Brookings-AEI-report.pdf What to know about attending college in prison. Heidi Rivera https://www.bankrate.com/loans/student-loans/attending-college-while-incarcerated/ THE LANDSCAPE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON. Stephanie Gaskill, Mary R. Gould, Ved Price, Erin L. Castro, Amy Lerman https://assets-global.website-files.com/5e3dd3cf0b4b54470c8b1be1/6491de8e5d0081067689ab52_TheLandscapeofHigherEducationinPrison-2020-2021.pdf What the data says about crime in the U.S. John Gramlich https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-data-says-about-crime-in-the-us/#:~:text=Which%20kinds%20of%20crime%20are,violent%20crimes%20per%20100%2C000%20people. FBI:UCR 2019 Crime in the United States https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019 Breaches in the Wall: Imprisonment, Social Support, and Recidivism. Joshua C. Cochran https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joshua-Cochran/publication/262010228_Breaches_in_the_Wall_Imprisonment_Social_Support_and_Recidivism/links/02e7e5365294f3ec10000000/Breaches-in-the-Wall-Imprisonment-Social-Support-and-Recidivism.pdf Support The Shakedown at: https://www.patreon.com/TheShakedown More about The Shakedown at: https://shakedown.show Find Shakedown merch and support us at: https://wayword.press The Shakedown on IG, Threads, FB, BlueSky, or TikTok: @gettheshakedown Rainforest on IG: @lorax4life 00:00 - Previously on The Shakedown... 00:22 - Welcome to THE FUTURE...of crime prevention 01:15 - Is There Evidence that Crime CAN BE Prevented? 02:31 - The Bipartisan Study on Crime Prevention 03:51 - Can Free Education Prevent Crime? 06:17 - How to get into College in Prison 11:54 - Breaking News....Prison Sucks 14:10 - Can Paid Work Prevent Crime? 17:18 - Is there slavery in prison? (A brief tangent) 19:39 - Does Unconditional Social Support Prevent Crime? 24:56 - Thank you! 26:09 - SECRET BONUS!!!