Politicians and the media should stop calling children "yobs", says Rod Morgan, head of the Youth Justice Board. Some newspapers have ridiculed his views and insist that yob is the right word for those who commit a crime or cause a nuisance. Who do young people agree with?
When the "yob" description is regularly used, it risks becoming a blanket term covering all teenagers. Have young people any experiences of this unfair labelling? Or do journalists take care to make a distinction between those who actually cause trouble and the law-abiding majority?
High numbers of news stories about yobs have led to calls for action.
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