Cut short : why we're failing our youth -- and how to fix it
Thapar, Ciaran2022
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Demetri wants to study criminology at university to understand why people around him carry knives. Jhemar is determined to advocate for his community following the murder of a loved one. Carl's exclusion leaves him vulnerable to the sinister school-to-prison pipeline, but he is resolute to defy expectations. And Tony, the tireless manager of a community centre, is fighting not only for the lives of local young people, but to keep the centre's doors open. 'Knife crime' is a simplistic and prejudiced term, shorthand for how contemporary Britain is failing a generation fearful for their lives. How can a stripped-back police force build bridges in communities that have had enough of them? What is a school supposed to do if a child brings in a knife, and can overworked teachers stop it happening again? How did we get here, what is really going on and how do we move forward?
Main title:
Cut short : why we're failing our youth -- and how to fix it / Ciaran Thapar.
Author:
Thapar, Ciaran, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2022.
Collation:
xii, 352 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: UK: Viking, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780241988701 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
303.60835303.608303.6083
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2286174