PE1947 : Address Scotland's culture of youth violence
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to address the disturbing culture of youth violence in Scotland.
Petitioner: Alex O’Kane
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 11 July 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe briefing (162.8KB, pdf) (163KB, pdf) posted 01 August 2022
Notes from Committee visit to 6VT (84KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2023
Notes from Committee visit to LoveMilton (81KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2023
Committee Meetings
26 October 2022: The Committee agreed to engage with communities and families that have been directly affected by the issues raised in this petition. The Committee also agreed to write to the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit.
Official Report of Meeting 26 October 2022
28 June 2023: The Committee agreed to invite researchers, Police Scotland, the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit and No Knives, Better Lives to give evidence at a future meeting. It also agreed to delegate the final arrangements for this to the Convener.
Official Report of Meeting 28 June 2023
22 November 2023: The Committee took evidence from—
Dr Fern Gillon, Research Associate, University of Glasgow
Dr Susan Batchelor, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Glasgow
The Committee agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting.
Official Report of Meeting 22 November 2023
21 February 2024: The Committee took evidence from—
Emily Beever, Senior Development Officer, No Knives, Better Lives
Will Linden, Deputy Head of Unit and Head of Analysis, Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU)
Jonathan Watters, Community Policing Inspector, Police Scotland.
The Committee agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting.
Official Report of Meeting 21 February 2024
06 March 2024: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Victims and Community Safety.
Official Report of Meeting 06 March 2024
Written Submissions
PE1947/A: Scottish Government submission of 4 August 2022 (168.4KB, pdf) (168KB, pdf) posted 10 August 2022
PE1947/B: Petitioner submission of 13 October 2022 (50.5KB, pdf) (50KB, pdf) posted 18 January 2023
PE1947/C: Bob Doris MSP submission of 17 November 2022 (55.4KB, pdf) (55KB, pdf) posted 30 November 2022
PE1947/D: Scottish Violence Reduction Unit submission of 24 November 2022 (66.1KB, pdf) (66KB, pdf) posted 30 November 2022
PE1947/E: Petitioner submission of 28 February 2024 (72KB, pdf) posted 29 February 2024
PE1947/F:Minister for Victims and Community Safety submission of 2 April 2024 (127KB, pdf) posted 04 April 2024