FIGHTING
KNIFE CRIME
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Educating young people about knife crime through peer led Learning Sue Bulley, Deputy Head of Department & Human Rights, Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, Sheffield Hallam University
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heffield Hallam University is the home for the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice – a vibrant and innovative, leading centre for social justice and human rights. The main activities run by the centre include research, global engagement, impact on policy, professional training, and advocacy. Its values are those of widening access to justice and education, the promotion of human rights, ethics in legal practice, equality, and respect for human dignity in overcoming social injustice. The Helena Kennedy Centre’s scope of expertise covers human rights, criminology, law, policing, and probation and work on high-profile projects in a variety of human rights and social justice areas. www.FightingKnifeCrime.London
The Helena Kennedy Centre is also dedicated to joining the fight against knife crime. One of the centre's projects aims to tackle knife crime by educating young people in Sheffield. Students who are studying on both law and criminology courses at Sheffield Hallam University develop interactive and challenging materials, resources and classes that they then deliver to schools in Sheffield to engage young people in discussion about knife crime and joint enterprise. Pupils learn about the law, their rights, where to go for help and support, and practice scenarios. This supports a peer-led approach to learning as the majority of our undergraduates are young adults. A high proportion of our students are from widening 11
