gang crime – Hackney Citizen

Reformed gang members urge schools to stop excluding pupils at risk of exploitation

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 11 December 2018 at 23:07

Calls made for more outreach workers able to speak to young people ‘from a Hackney perspective’

‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 18:32

Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime