In looking at young offenders’ guns and gangs, it is important to address education or the lack thereof and the incidence of crime. One will acknowledge that bad behaviour and violence in school is totally unacceptable and as such it is often dealt by way of exclusion either permanent or temporary. However, in reality, this exclusion may have an impact that goes far beyond the school gates affecting the local communities, local businesses, victims of crime and social services etc. Gilbert son (cited Donovan et al.) highlighted that in 1996 an audit commission found “42% of offenders of school age who are sentenced in the youth court had been excluded from school”. Further, to this, it was argued
In looking at young offenders’ guns and gangs, it is important to address education or the lack thereof and the incidence of crime. One will acknowledge that bad behaviour and violence in school is totally unacceptable and as such it is often dealt by way of exclusion either permanent or temporary. However, in reality, this exclusion may have an impact that goes far beyond the school gates affecting the local communities, local businesses, victims of crime and social services etc. Gilbert son (cited Donovan et al.) highlighted that in 1996 an audit commission found “42% of offenders of school age who are sentenced in the youth court had been excluded from school”. Further, to this, it was argued