Teens' online habits 'lead to better behaviour'
Teens' online habits 'lead to better behaviour'
A new review of 15-year-old students in Sweden has shown a marked improvement in behaviour, with experts suggesting that students' online habits may be contributing to better attitudes towards crime.
The investigation, carried out by the Crime Prevention Council (Brottsförebyggande rådet, Brå), found that crime levels among ninth-grade students around Sweden have improved drastically since the mid-nineties, a trend that appears to be continuing.
"One theory is that they're at home and sitting in front of the computer, socializing via the internet," Jonas Ring, an investigator in the report, told the TT news agency.
The study found that one in three 15-year-olds has played truant, that every fourth has vandalized something, and that one in five has shoplifted.
Furthermore, two out of every five have been drunk and one in 20 has smoked cannabis.
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