Knife Crime & Anti-Social Behaviour
Course Title
ONE MOMENT OF MADNESS
Who is it aimed at?
Young adults, aged 14-18 (KS4)
Overview
This workshop looks at the issues of Knife Crime and the effects that it has on the victim, the victim’s family, friends, and also the perpetrator. Our units deal with the facts and show the realities and dangers of destructive decision making. We discuss and help young people understand the reality of knife-crime - from the act itself all the way through to the long-term consequences.
Our knife crime and anti-social behaviour workshops were developed and designed using input from students and also experts: including people proficient in the law and the effects of knife crime such as:
- A knife crime expert
- A solicitor
- A (retired) judge
- A barrister
- Local councillors
- A victim of knife crime
- An ex-gang member
This input from professionals, victims and perpetrators enables a down to earth approach, allowing students to interact and gain information based on other people’s real-life experiences and knowledge.
Outcomes:
- Help students understand what happens in the moment of a knife attack - like the impact of adrenaline on the pulse rate, the severity according to which parts of the body are hurt, and unintended casualties
- Help students understand what happens straight after a knife attack - from being arrested, to providing witness statements, to standing in court before a judge, to hearing the verdict
- Help students understand the longer-term impact knife crime can have on the perpetrator, the perpetrator’s friends and family, the victim, the victim’s friends and family, and the wider community
Approach:
We use a range of methods to ensure the content is accessible to and engaging for students of all learning-types and abilities:
- Roleplay and re-enactment gets the students interacting with the subject physically and mentally
- Video footage shows how different knife crime is in reality, than how it’s talked about in the playground or shown on television
- Guest speakers (retired judge, victim, ex-gang member) talk about their experience of knife crime, and answer students’ questions
- Group discussion allows the students to clarify uncertainty and talk about the subject with our trainers and their peers in a safe environment
We wanted to create hard-hitting workshops that deal with the true impact of violent behaviour, made by young people, for young people, whilst continuing to incorporate expert advice.
Other information
In our experience, these workshops are most effective when tailored to their audience, so we like to work with schools so we can design the workshops with the most appropriate content, focusing on relevant areas for the students involved.
After the session, we provide the school with an independently audited statistical analysis and a cognitive behavioural report on the assessments made during the sessions.
For a PDF Download on this workshop please click here: SOS Global Knife Crime Workshop
