'To what extent is social-media responsible for the increase in knife-crime in the UK?'
Potential issues
Is social media an 'easy blame'
Social media
The Social Learning Theory
Drill Music
Threatening actions/posts being posted online
Younger audiences may be easily swayed by certain images
Education
Lack of educational opportunities meaning people may turn else where to gain experiences
Could school exclusions play a role?
Children don't have anywhere to go once they've been excluded and may feel hopeless afterwards and may turn to gangs to get something out of their life
Are young people more targeted generally? Majority of knife crime victims that are portrayed in the news are those between the ages of 12-25
The Impact of Austerity
The lack of spending from the gov into youth services has declined rapidly
Can create unstable and potentially toxic environments for children
May feel unsafe in certain communities and turn to ways to protect themselves
The Poverty Cycle
Impressions of Police Officers
Reports of police misconducts have rapidly risen over the years
Can stain the trust between police officers and the communities
Police tactics have created distain between citizens and law enforcement
people may carry knives as they don't feel protected by police officers
Family and Childhood
links to poverty and crime
Turning to crime may offer new opportunity does those who have been disadvantaged by the social system and the government
Interventions
RedThread
Ofsted
Anti knife crime campaigns and advertisement
(NKBL) 'No Knives, Better Lives campaign'
Metropolitan Police campaigns
Project Alpha
Operation Spectre
'Choose a different ending'
'Lives not Knives' Leicestershire Police
LifeorKnife Westmidlands Police
lack of male role models
could people seek validation through other means such as gangs which then turn to violent crime
huge devastation upon the families
Can a fathers presence influence other lifestyle factors such as turning to crime
why knifes not guns
only focusing on the social aspects what about psychological/biological