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The UK has seen a recent proliferation of youth gangs in certain inner city settings. When gangs exist in a community, they can have a serious impact on schools, using them as recruitment centres and claiming them as gang territory. It is thought that school is much more important to gang members as a place for gathering with fellow members for recruitment, socializing and engaging in violent activities than for learning.
This paper investigates the following research question: To what extent is in school provision successful in promoting inclusion to enhance the life chances of gang members?
It will begin by presenting a synthesis of current literature on definitions of gangs and reasons behind gang membership; effective strategies adopted by schools to deal with gangs and how school leadership has a direct impact on improving life chances.
Drawing upon experiences of ganga members and two case studies of urban schools the author provides a detailed study of effective leadership strategies to promote inclusion
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References
Sunderland, M. (2004) Children’s Mental Health, Keynote address: Counselling Children and Young People Annual Conference, London, November. Hoskin, G & Walsh, I, (2005) Violence and what to do about it. Croyden: Wave Trust Nayak, A (2006) Displaced masculinities: chavs, youth and class in the post industrial city. Sociology 2006; Vol 40; 813
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