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Proceeding contribution from Diane Abbott (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 June 2009. It occurred during Opposition day on Knife Crime.


Knife Crime

On the question of young people's attitude to murder, is it not perhaps so much that they think that murder is acceptable but that they believe in their gangs and their communities that anything is acceptable when it comes to enforcing respect, to territorial defence of their gang or to demonstrating how much of a man they are? It is such attitudes that we have to undermine.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
493 c667 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Crime prevention Crime Crimes of violence Anti-social behaviour Injuries Offensive weapons Sentencing Stop and search Voluntary organisations Young people Weapons Video games Gangs
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk