Punishment Beatings
Almost half of 'punishment' attacks have been perpetrated against young people in their own communities.
The statistics come from a recent Freedom of Information request, detailing the number of attacks, clearance rates, geographic distribution of the attacks and age breakdown of the victims.
The request was made after conversations with young people involved in Public Achievement’s WIMPS (Where Is My Public Servant?) project showed that they were dismayed and disgusted at the levels of paramilitary violence in their communities, and felt that young people in particular were being targeted. They were also worried by their perception that politicians and police seemed to be turning a blind eye to these attacks.
In all, 272 incidents were identified as ‘paramilitary-style’ attacks from 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2010.
You can read more on the FairCop.org website.
