Children learn to live with culture of casual violence - The Times 17th May 2008

Alexander has been threatened at knifepoint four times in the streets that surround his home in East London, so he has learnt to live by a system “so you don't get penalised”. This means never looking at a stranger for too long and never more than once, because “they might shank you” - street parlance for being stabbed.

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