Young people unfairly demonised by adults
Research launched today shows two thirds of adults in Britain overestimate the number of young people involved in crime. Furthermore, one in 10 of the adults questioned over-estimated youth crime by a staggering eight times, effectively labelling two in every five teenagers a criminal. In reality just 5.7 per cent of young people are involved in crime
Posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009 by Joelle
