The 2000s newspaper quotes
‘The latest victim, just 14, was set
upon yards from his home on Thursday night and fatally stabbed in the throat by
a baying mob of hooded thugs.’ Sun, March 30, 2008 the express.
‘Stephen’s Everton-mad son was on his
way back from football practice in Croxteth Park, Liverpool, on August 22 last
year when he was struck in the neck by a bullet from a revolver held by a
hoodie on a BMX bike.’ Sun, March 30, 2008 the express.
‘Mr Barnes
was given the Asbo along with other members of the Cherry Boyz gang that was
gathering and abusing members of the public in the Greenwich and Bexley areas
of London.’ 10 November
2008 bbc news
‘Figures
show more than half of the stories about teenage boys in national and regional
newspapers in the past year (4,374 out of 8,629) were about crime. The word
most commonly used to describe them was "yobs" (591 times), followed
by "thugs" (254 times), "sick" (119 times) and
"feral" (96 times).’ Friday 13 March 2009 the independent
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