Youth Violence, Exploitation and Gangs Masterclass with Craig Pinkney: Moving Beyond Gangs & Postcode Violence- How should Practitioners respond?

This Masterclass goes beyond why young people join deviant groups, get involved in serious violence and become criminally exploited. We look at some of the key concepts and approaches to working with young people in gang impacted environments and further explore some of the challenges to professional practice that these issues present.

Hosted by Craig Pinkney, who is a Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist and CEO of Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict CIC (UK). Craig’s an experienced Youth Worker and academically holds multiple qualifications, plus over 16 years of experience as an outreach worker, transformational speaker, international gang exit strategist, mediator, mentor and filmmaker and is well known for working with some of the countries most challenging young people.

Craig is also the UK lead for the EU Gangs Project, an advisor for the National Youth Agency, Norfolk County Council (Children’s Services), Violence Reduction Unit (Nottingham), the Ministry of Justice in Jamaica, and a visiting lecturer, specialising in Urban Street Gangs, Youth Violence, Social Media, Race and Crime, Racism and Anti-Racist Practice.

Although you’ve missed the Live Event you can now Purchase this Masterclass today for £4.99! Purchase will include the Live session recording, powerpoint presentation & a certificate of attendance (if requested).