Tag Archives: youth

Punishment Attacks

This 30 minute long podcast is an episode of Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed series which was broadcast by the BBC on 19 Jan 11 for a general public audience.

In this episode of Thinking Allowed, Heather Hamill, Laurie Taylor and the criminologist Dick Hobbs discuss why paramilitary punishment attacks have had no impact in stopping youth deviance.

Podcast link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ta/all The podcast can be downloaded as a 14MB mp3 and kept.

In addition, the programme home page has details of Hannah Hamill’s research.

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No country for young people

This is a podcast from The Guardian‘s wide range of audio and podcasts.

In No Country for Young People, The Observer’s chief reporter Tracy McVeigh chairs a 35 minutes debate from a panel of under-25s from a range of backgrounds. They ask: is it harder than ever to be young in Britain? Is the burden acceptable? And is it the fault of older generations?

This podcast was originally published on 9 Jan 2011 for a general public audience. It can be downloaded as an mp3 and kept.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2011/jan/09/focus-podcast-no-country-young-people

Guardian podcasts are for personal and non-commercial use only. © All rights reserved by The Guardian.

Gangs

This 30 minute long podcast is an episode of Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed series which was broadcast by the BBC on 1 Dec 10 for a general public audience.

In this episode of Thinking Allowed, Laurie Taylor talks to criminologist Judith Aldridge and discusses her research about how territory influences youth gangs.

Podcast link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ta/all. The podcast can be downloaded as a 14MB mp3 and kept.

In addition, the programme home page has details of Judith Aldridge’s research.

BBC podcasts can be shared within the classroom or lecture theatre for educational purposes.  © All rights reserved by the BBC.