New report on gang culture in the UK

I know this post will be of interest to you if you're studying youth justice, criminology or the general problem of gang culture. I also know a few of you are looking at choosing gang culture as dissertation topics so this will be definitely be worth taking a look at.

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has just published a very readable report called 'Time To Wake Up' on what they feel needs to happen next to alleviate the problem. It's somewhat critical of the approach the police took of rounding up senior gang members after the riots last year, instead of addressing the issue of why people were joining gangs in the first place.

You can find the CSJ website here (have an explore as there's a few interesting pieces) and here is a link to the Today programme discussion that ensued.