hackey lad Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 25 minutes ago, Ridgewalk said: According to the BBC, Barnsley Local Authority’s got the highest school exclusion rate in the country. Presumably correlation between being poor and low educational achievement. Voting Brexit then doesn’t seem to have improved things. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, *Wallace* said: I heard on news she also tried to poison Brianna even documented it in a diary. Yes she did. I think it was a mark of Brianna's vulnerability that she still tried to be friends afterwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prettytom Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 36 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: Well quite, however do you think focussing on the race of the perpetrators in this instance could help deal with the reasons and help experts tackle the problem? Knife crime in London.... Despite making up only 13% of London's total population, black Londoners account for 45% of London's knife murder victims, 61% of knife murder perpetrators and 53% of knife crime perpetrators. Well, if you only concentrate on knife crime committed by black Londoners, you’ll miss half of the crimes. Maybe if you looked at all young men from less affluent backgrounds, you’d have a better hit rate. I don’t disagree that understanding that knife crime is disproportionately carried out by young black men, but I’m not convinced that skin colour has much to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bundy Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 4 minutes ago, Prettytom said: Well, if you only concentrate on knife crime committed by black Londoners, you’ll miss half of the crimes. Maybe if you looked at all young men from less affluent backgrounds, you’d have a better hit rate. I don’t disagree that understanding that knife crime is disproportionately carried out by young black men, but I’m not convinced that skin colour has much to do with it. What in your opinion is the reason? Mine is I think it's to do with gangs, drill music glorifying killing others and drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prettytom Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 11 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: What in your opinion is the reason? Mine is I think it's to do with gangs, drill music glorifying killing others and drugs. Thats all true. But you also have to ask why some young men end up in such a culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 4 minutes ago, Prettytom said: Thats all true. But you also have to ask why some young men end up in such a culture. Who knows? Weak parenting? Lack of a suitable male role model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 7 minutes ago, Prettytom said: Thats all true. But you also have to ask why some young men end up in such a culture. Governments fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prettytom Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 minutes ago, The_DADDY said: Who knows? Weak parenting? Lack of a suitable male role model? All those. Plus fear. Lack of prospects. Promise of easy money. Influence from music/films/peers. Its a really complicated mix and just focussing on race doesn’t really help to understand things. That isn’t to say that race isn’t one of the factors, by the way. Just that it isn’t the only one and is probably not the most important one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prettytom Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 2 minutes ago, hackey lad said: Governments fault. Thanks for your contribution. Nice to see you maintaining your intellectual standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bundy Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 16 minutes ago, Prettytom said: Thats all true. But you also have to ask why some young men end up in such a culture. Lack of parenting and a desire to have nice things without putting in any hard work would be my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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