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Police Defend Barnsley Curfew Plan After Comparisons With North Korea

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Barnsley Under 16s Ban, North Korea, UK News, Barnsley Police, Youth Crime, Barnsley Town Centre, Barnsley Ban, Teenage Crime, UK News

A police force has said it will use a town centre curfew on unaccompanied young people with discretion and stressed it will only be used to remove tro...

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Why Have Children Been Banned From Barnsley Town Centre?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Barnsley Police, UK News, Barnsley Town Centre, Barnsley Under 16s Ban, Poll, Barnsley Ban, Youth Crime, Teenage Crime, UK News

All young people have been banned from entering a town centre at night unless they are accompanied by an adult in a bid to reduce bad behaviour. Un...

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Teenager Stabbed 24 Times With 'Knives And Glass' In Frenzied Bus Attack

PA | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Bus, Attack, UK News, Juvenile, Stabbing, UK Police, South London, Dulwich, Daniel Graham, Knifed, News, London, Teenage Crime, UK News

A teenager who had been enjoying an evening out with friends in south east London was attacked and stabbed 24 times in less than a minute, the Old Bai...

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Teenagers Should not go Around With Knives but Prison is not the Answer

Penelope Gibbs | Posted 24.09.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Prison Reform, David Burrowes, Enfield, Prison, Crime, Nick De Bois, Teenage Crime, Urban Crime, Knife Crime, Teenagers, UK Politics News
Penelope Gibbs

Teenagers carry knives because it makes them feel safer. They feel they need a strong means of protecting themselves from their peers who carry knives. We need to break this vicious circle - to persuade teenagers that there is a greater risk in carrying a knife than not.

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