Step Inside Our Shoes: Young people's views on gun and knife crime / NCH, 14 April 2008
PDF - http://www.nch.org.uk/uploads/documents/step-inside-our-shoes.pdf
"Young people told us that fear, image and a need for protection are amongst the reasons why they and their peers get involved in gun and knife crime. They also said that many young people and children feel unsafe in their own communities, feel personally affected by gun and knife crime or know someone affected."