Year 7 & 8
Weapons, Choices & Consequences
Session: 100 minutes
OVERVIEW
This session is designed to help young people understand how gang membership is correlated with becoming a perpetrator or victim of knife crime and why weapons intended to protect are liable to endanger.
The session looks at the choices young people make when carrying and using a knife and how gang membership significantly reduces the freedom you have to say "No". It also looks at the consequences of non-fatal knife injuries and the broader impact of fatal injuries to those close to the victim.
OBJECTIVES
After this programme students will:
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Identify why gang members are more likely to be a victim of knife crime and why they are also more likely to carry and use knives
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Recognise why carrying a knife does not offer protection or respect
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Recognise the consequences of stabbing someone and understand that there is no safe place to stab someone
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Understand the doctrine of joint enterprise
