@willlinden.bsky.social
Dabbles a bit in violence reduction and hopes to not make things worse
SEX PISTOLS (PAUL COOK, STEVE JONES, GLEN MATLOCK) FEATURING FRANK CARTER
www.smmrsessions.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:40 PM
We did this to ourselves and yet we continue to shut down youth services and disinvest in quality youth work. We need to stop repeating these mistakes as it is not just the right thing to do but it makes absolute fiscal sense to ensure that ALL young people can get the best start in life
New research from the IFS showing the closure of youth centres during the 2010s was shortsighted. For every £1 saved, the costs to affected users, crime victims and public spending in the police and the criminal justice system amount to £2.85
ifs.org.uk/publications...
ifs.org.uk/publications...
The effects of youth clubs on education and crime | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.
ifs.org.uk
November 16, 2024 at 1:54 AM
We did this to ourselves and yet we continue to shut down youth services and disinvest in quality youth work. We need to stop repeating these mistakes as it is not just the right thing to do but it makes absolute fiscal sense to ensure that ALL young people can get the best start in life