A crime expert has said children who are read to from an early age are less likely to commit violent crime as adults. John Carnochan, a former detective chief superintendent at Strathclyde Police and the founder of the violence reduction unit at St Andrews University, said improved literacy in early years education was one of the ways of reducing violent offending. He added that a research showed children who are read to by their parents are more likely to perform well at primary school and less likely to get into trouble at secondary, reports The Scotsman. – See more at: http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1078260/daily-roundup-school-bulger-killer-reading#sthash.yO2F6zE3.dpuf
