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Phantom Menace or Violent Criminals – Are Young People Criminal or Poor?

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Our masterclasses are designed to allow learners to experience what learning is like at a selective Russell Group university. Most masterclasses are two hours long and are normally held in the Autumn Term between 1.00–3.00pm on a Wednesday afternoon.
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Phantom Menace or Violent Criminals – Are Young People Criminal or Poor?
The media is often full of images and stories of anti-social youth, gang culture and ‘chavs’. Are these young people a social menace or the product of the society in which we live? This session will start by exploring popular media images of young people and explore youth criminality in relation to wider social problems. This interactive lecture explores the context and causes of youth crime and questions some of the approaches governments adopt to solve it. Should we rely on imprisonment? What can education do to prevent criminal behaviour? Is this a problem of poverty or individual behaviour? This inspiring session is led by Dr Lee Gregory (see below).

Date Wednesday 7 December 2016
Time 1.00–3.00pm
Subject area Social Policy/Criminology
Year group Year 12/13
Suitable for
Bookings by Teachers for Key Stage 5 (Students aged 16-18)
Individuals (Enquiry not required to be through a school)
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