LaTrine Jakscoon
07-08-2008, 03:59 PM
Children join gangs due to poor relationships with their families, a youth worker in south London has said.
Ivan Congreve, who runs the Salvation Army's Springfield Lodge in Camberwell, said some joined gangs as an alternative to their own family.
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Last week Barbara Wilding, Chief Constable of South Wales, said family life had been replaced by gang culture based on drugs and violence for "almost feral groups" of young people
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7494754.stm
Ivan Congreve, who runs the Salvation Army's Springfield Lodge in Camberwell, said some joined gangs as an alternative to their own family.
.....
Last week Barbara Wilding, Chief Constable of South Wales, said family life had been replaced by gang culture based on drugs and violence for "almost feral groups" of young people
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7494754.stm