New Laws to stop Gun Crime....

The government has strengthen laws on gun crime in different kind of ways. For example:...
1. They are increasing the age limit for possessing an air rifles is 17 years and above.
2. Prohibited certain air weapons that are easily converted to fire live ammunition.
3. Any person that is caught with an illegal firearm in their possession, will be sentenced to prison for a minimum of 5 years.

I agree that these laws would work to a certain extent, but i do not believe that these laws are not that harsh enough for example i think that the 1st law stated above should be raised to the age of 18 years old. Or i believe to possess an air rifle a person should be certified by the government or the police.

Gun crime is on the LOW LOW LOW....:D

As you see i have not updated my blog lately..because i was on holiday...even though i was thinking about ideas on my vacation :D.....

I have found out that people belive that gun crime is increasing but facts have shown that between 2006-2007, gun crime has dropped a bit in England and Wales. Below are facts i have found out:

Facts & figures
1.The number of overall offences involving firearms fell by 13% in 2006/07 compared to the previous year.

2.Firearms were involved in 566 serious or fatal injuries in 2006/07, compared to 645 the previous year - a drop of 12%.

3.The number of armed robberies involving guns dropped by 3%

4.There were 13% fewer serious and fatal injuries related to gun crimes in 2006/07.

5.The number of reported crimes involving imitation guns dropped by 15% in 2006/07.

6.The number of reported crimes involving air guns dropped by 15% in 2006/07 over 2005/06.

Statistics on Gun Crime in UK

In East London there are alot of gun crime that have risen from 1999 to 2007. Simon Knight, of Generation Youth, an organisation which represents Scotland's young people, said he was surprised at the reaction to the findings."Young people carry knives because it is cool, because it is illicit," he said.

Firearms are another aspect that has increased. According to Home Office figures, there were 59 firearms-related homicides in 2006-07 compared with 49 in the previous year. That is an increase of 18% in just one year. There were 507 serious injuries from firearms - more than one incident a day.

The trend in firearms offences is down in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and London.
However, there have also been recent rises. In the 12 months to July 2007 the Met saw a 3.5% rise in firearms offences in London - up from 3,485 to 3,607 incidents.

From Kidulthood to Adulthood.....

The media has created films such as kidulthood and adulthood to show how gangs are portrayed to other people in the outside world. 

It is a Powerful, disturbing and moving in equal measure, 2005's acclaimed "Kidulthood" took us deep into London's unseen underbelly, delivering a raw, hard-hitting reflection of what life is like for 21st century teenagers, where sex is currency, drugs are easy to come by and violence is a way of life. Six years after Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife, he soon realises that life is no easier on the outside than it was on the inside and he's forced to confront the people he hurt the most. Some have moved on, others are stuck with the repercussions of his actions that night, but one thing's for certain - everyone has been forced to grow up. Through his journey Sam struggles to deal with his sorrow and guilt and something else he didn't expect - those seeking revenge. As he's pursued by a new generation of bad boys, Sam sets about trying to get the message across to his pursuers that they should stop the violence, much like Trife tried to tell him all those years ago. Can Sam stop the cycle of violence and make something positive from the destruction he caused or will his journey into Adulthood end here? A positive tale disguised in the bleakness of its environment, Adulthood pushes home the moral lesson that crime doesn't pay. 

Not Straight Outta Compton, but straight out of jail and back on the mean streets of London. A story of retribution that has Sam Peel fighting for more than just his freedom. After a six and a half year stretch for murder, his troubles are just about to begin. This has his past conflicts catching-up with his plans to stay alive for the future. Strong language assists the strong sense for survival and bitter revenge in this gritty 24-hour drama; knives, guns, drugs, sex and baseball bats rule this urban metropolis.  

Here is the link to the trailer of adulthood....

Different ways media have tried to connect the public about crime...

Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow is making his computer game debut in support of the broadcaster's Disarming Britain season examining the effect of gun and knife crime on Britain's streets.

An animated Snow features in the scene of a violent crime in the online game, which is called Dead Ends and was specially commissioned by Channel 4 to raise awareness of the dangers and consequences of street crime.

The game which went live yesterday centres on a new gang recruit called Keith Wilcox and a police detective investigating a gang killing.

Dead Ends involves interrogating witnesses, chasing suspects, passing gang initiation tests and navigating dangerous streets.

Snow recorded scripted dialogue especially for the project and has taken part in a Making Of documentary about the game that will be shown on Channel 4's website.

In the documentary Snow says: "I'm extremely excited. I've never been in any kind of a game before. I think computer games are a fantastic means of communication – everybody plays them and I think they're a terrific way of getting messages through."

Produced by RollingSound, which works to provide multimedia out-reach projects to young people, the online game was made through collaborations with young people, ex-offenders, the Metropolitan police and youth workers. The process was managed by digital marketing agency Profero.

Disarming Britain is a special season of programmes about the increasing use of violence and weapons by young people on UK streets, and includes a five-part series featuring Cherie Booth called The Truth About Street Weapons which begins on Monday 30 June.

Yr 13 Introduction

Now that i am in year 13, i have started to do my critical research.  The particular topic i have chosen is 'crime and the media'.  I have chosen this topic because i think there is a lot of information that i would be able to access to do this area of study.  

I will be focusing mainly on youth crime.  I believe that the media portrays youngsters as a main aspect in crime media, but this is not always true.  So, i will be using primary and secondary research to support my study.  

Who'S ToP oF ThE TeCh ChArT?! HmMmMm

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo, Yahoo. All have published results over the last week that have been scrutinised closely for any clue about whether an economic downturn is likely to dampen spending on gadgets and software. What they all seem to show is a remarkably robust appetite for technology spending. But who's doing best? I've extracted one significant number from each set of results - and created a chart ranking the five in order of current achievement.

1. Nintendo

$2.48bn. That's Nintendo's profit for the last year. Not just a 48% rise on the previous year, but the biggest profit ever made by a games company. The Wii effect contunues to work its magic on a business which was thought doomed to irrelevance just a few years back - and is now one of Japan's most valuable companies. Will new games continue to refresh Nintendo's profits - or will the new audience of family gamers fade away when the novelty wears off?

2. Apple

2.29 million. That's how many Mac computers Apple sold in the last three months. Which reinforces our earlier blog posting about Apple's growth now being led by Macs - not iPods or iPhones. The iPod certainly did the job of making Apple matter again - but now as sales flatten off, it's the firm's success in winning converts to the Mac OS which is the real moneyspinner. Having expanded its following beyond the cult of Mac-lovers, Apple just needs to keep the newcomers interested with constant innovation. Easy....

3. Google

42%. That's how much the search firm's revenue was up in the last three months, compared with the start of 2007. A figure which confounded expectations of a slowdown in the remarkable Google growth story - and set the scene for a week of good news about the technology economy. As we reported, the firm is now Britain's biggest earner of advertising revenue, overtaking ITV. But one small shadow - Google's revenue in its home US market failed to grow much. Is that the first sign of a downturn in the US hitting the technology sector?

4. Microsoft

$4.75bn. That was the revenue earned in three months by the Microsoft division which develops its Office software. Which goes to show that Microsoft's core products are still extraordinary moneyspinners. But that figure was actually a shade down on last year. And when I looked at the rubric which accompanies Microsoft's forecast of future earnings, one item stood out: "Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as challenges to Microsoft's business model". The real threat to its business model comes from the firm at number three in our chart - and that's why Microsoft wants to buy number five.

5. Yahoo

$27.30. That was the Yahoo share price on Thursday evening - about a dollar down on its level before Tuesday's results which actually exceeded market expectations. What that says is that the market does not believe Jerry Yang's promises of a better future as an independent company, nor is it betting on Microsoft coming up with an improved offer.