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Information Technology News Is the mobile phone mightier than the gun in London? | Is the mobile phone mightier than the gun in London? |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Thursday, 03 July 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 Of course, all of this does rather depend on those London
teenagers still having the use of their mobiles. The awful irony being
that recent reports
tend to suggest that, statistically speaking, it is unlikely all of
them will. In fact as many as 40 of them should, if the statistics
apply, have had their mobile phones stolen during a violent street
mugging. Often at knife point or even gun point. The Design Council
survey showed that 1 in 5 London kids between the ages of 11 and 16
have been violently mugged for their mobile or iPod.However, what I do know because that survey told me, is that some two thirds of London kids carry an astonishing UKP £100 (AUD $200) worth of mobile kit around with them every day. No wonder that 61 percent of them are concerned about getting robbed, or that 20 percent of them will end up the victim of a violent street crime. The violence is such, and the gang culture so ingrained, that 42 percent of kids who had been attacked in this way did not report it to the police. So I wish the LIFEWISE project all the luck in the world, and it's great to see youngsters trying to make a difference. But, hand on heart, I think it will take more than rapping teens with free mobiles to solve this particular problem...
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