Part 2: Youth Violence - What is not working
Following on from Part 1, where I discussed the issues of apathy, inaction and normalisation which seem to be trends with adults in addressing youth violence. I will now look at the problem with present interventions. In particular, what is being done and why a lot of this at best fails to address youth violence and at worst promotes or colludes with those young people most at risk? Interventions based on fear: I have seen a growing trend in interventions based on fear or ‘sc