UCS Academy Guest Lecture series - 04/06/2013 - 5.30-7.30pm

University event offered by University of Suffolk

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Gangs, Weapons and Violence: Reviewing the Evidence, Learning the Lessons - Professor Simon Hallsworth. Professor Hallsworth, drawing on two decades of research conducted on urban violence, critically addresses questions about gangs, weapons and violence. In recent years the gang has established itself in the eyes of many as the UK’s premier public enemy. Gangs are seen as major players behind the trade in illegal drugs and blamed variously for dangerous dogs, the mass sexual abuse of women, shootings, weapon-related violence more generally and being master minds behind the wave of urban disorder that engulfed England in August 2011. Indeed, so dangerous ... (Please click the send enquiry link for more information)