According to a panel consisting of youths from Liverpool and across the North West, indulging in certain movies, video games, and music encourages young people to carry knives and other weapons. The panel was questioned by local authorities looking for insight into controlling the recent rise in knife crimes in the UK.
According to the panel, indulging in certain movies, video games, and music encourages some young people to carry knives and other weapons. Also mentioned was pressure from friends and family members who are already involved in criminal activity and/or gangs contributing to a desire to carry a weapon.
Bob Croxton, an ex-offender now working as an outreach worker in Liverpool's Criminal Information Bureaux, asked the panel what they thought should be done and was told that the age rating on violent video games and movies would stop young people from committing these crimes.
They also advised that parents should prevent their children from hanging out in the streets all day and night.
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