Teenage Gangs of UK and their Impact on Education

Teenage Gangs of UK and their Impact on Education

Introduction

The teenager gangs affect the society in many ways especially the adolescents. The communities where the gangs are present attract more students and adolescents towards themselves and distract them. While the youth which joins the gangs with the perception of getting protection, their own safety is compromised by being the member of the gang. The gangs comprise of age group 11-19 which influence other teenagers. The youth is attracted towards them with the feeling of curiosity by being a gang member. The members of the gangs are more likely to be involved in the criminal and violence activities.

Reasons for joining gangs

The children face various difficulties in learning which includes the influence from their environmental factors. Some of the families who are below the poverty level do not support their children to educate because they can't afford their expenses mostly in rural areas. On the other hand those adolescents and children who have excess involvement in social life are most likely to be attracted by these gang members that are the reason for demise of their learning activities (Bennett, 2004).

Welfare and its role

United Kingdom is known as welfare state and it laid foundation of modern welfare state in early 20th century. This welfare was intended to improve the education, health, social security and employment by government expenditures. These education welfare services intend to support the children, young people and their families. The support of these welfares further includes the proactive support, advice, individual work and guidance in legal concerns. This also monitors children missing from education, child employment and elective home education. Although, it offers the services in academies it also has range of responsibilities include stator and discretionary (Armingeon, 2004).

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