I saw their influence on the gangs of young people who came to our church youth club. As adult role models they were encouraging young people to engage in a life of petty crime and part of our youth work was to show alternative role models.
In the late 60s and early 70s I was engaged in full-time youth work in the then notorious Scotland Road/Great Homer Street area of Liverpool. I saw how ghetto communities spawn gangs and violence. I learned the importance of community development and the Community Council we founded still flourishes in tackling issues which lead young people into crime.
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