High-profile murders have shocked the nation. How can children perpetrate such deeds of mindless cruelty, with so little feeling for their victims? Much attention has been paid to knife and gun culture, and the way gangs operate in our inner-city areas.
While these issues are doubtless important, I believe they miss a crucial point. This is that violent behaviour by children is strongly associated with the experience of serious abuse that those children have suffered. The exploration of this link would provide powerful policy initiatives for how we might tackle violence by children. However, there is a powerful culture of resistance - even denial - by central and local government of the connection, which impedes efforts to address the issue of childhood violence effectively.
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