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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 10:09 pm
Time: 10:09 pm
Results for knives and crime (u.k.)
1 results foundAuthor: Wood, Rebecca Title: Youth Deaths: The Reality Behind the 'Knife Crime' Debate Summary: The media portrayal of, and government response to, the ‘knife crime epidemic’ created a distorted image of the reality on the ground, according to new research undertaken by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). The evidence suggests that, whilst some marginalised young people are carrying knives, the image of violently nihilist, feral, often Black or ethnic minority teen gangs armed with knives and guns is, at best, only a snapshot of the grim reality for a very small minority. At worst, this kind of imagery, replicated unchallenged and unqualified on our screens and from the dispatch box, leads to a punitive and misguided political climate which may ultimately fail the very teenagers it aims to reach. Here, the IRR publishes a summary of its key findings for 2008. It aims to provide a description of who was killed and by whom and in what circumstances – a factual description which was largely missing from much media and political evaluation at the time. Details: London: Institute of Race Relations,2010. 18p. Source: Internet Resource: IRR Briefing Paper No. 5: Accessed April 6, 2012 at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/IRR_Briefing_No.5.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/IRR_Briefing_No.5.pdf Shelf Number: 124887 Keywords: GangsKnives and Crime (U.K.)Violent Crimes |