The issue is that while not all dropouts may run away from home, virtually all runaways decide to drop out, fearing being found at school. For these children, both dropouts and runaways, the crime rate only goes higher.
只是，中輟生不必然逃家，而逃家的孩子因為怕在學校被尋獲，幾乎一定選擇中輟，這類又中輟又逃家的孩子，犯罪率自然更是居高不下。