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Why did they have to rain on our party?
On Tuesday 23 April 2013, at about 3.00pm, serious youth violence in London claimed two lives, that of Derek Boateng who turned 16 that very day and of his 15 year old assailant (who cannot be named for legal reasons). Derek was stabbed to within an inch of his life on the 393 bus and
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A tribute to Prince Joseph Lincoln Burke-Monerville
The following address was delivered at Joseph Burke-Monerville‘s funeral. Condolences to John and Linda, Joseph’s parents and Jonathan and David, his brothers and all of the Burke-Monerville extended family. If I were to name you all, we’d be here till 6.00 o’clock… tomorrow morning. I have witnessed close at hand your pain, your hurt and
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Paris Brown: sending up a gimmick?
On 8 April 2013 the Evening standard carried a story about Paris Brown who having been appointed as a youth police commissioner by Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, Ann Barnes, one week earlier at a cost to the taxpayer of £15,000 a year was found have posted homophobic and racist tweets prior to her appointment. The
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Should families take the blame for youth crime?
On the eve of a conference organised by the Seventh Day Adventist Church into parenting and last summer’s riots, the Lambeth Weekender asked professor Gus John: are families to blame for what children do? Lambeth Weekender: What impact did parenting have on the 2011 England riots? Professor Gus John: This is a very broad and
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Mending Broken Britain? Education’s Response
Last February, Professor Gus John delivered a keynote address at the “Mending Broken Britain? Education’s Response” Conference, which was organised by Curriculum Enrichment for the Common Era (CE4CE) and sponsored by Birmingham City University. Against the background of the riots that spread across Britain in August 2011, this national conference aimed to unpick something of the complex
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