Youth workers are ill equipped to prevent online arguments by pupils and gangs escalating to violence,say criminologistsYouth workers should be given training sessions on the link between social media and violence, experts absorb told the Guardian, or amid warnings that gangs are increasingly using social media sites to taunt each other. Criminology lecturer and youth worker Craig Pinkney,who runs one-day courses in the UK and internationally for people who work with young people, including youth workers, and social workers and teachers,says the government needs to modernise its approach. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk