Addressing the Challenges: Understanding the Increase in Violent Incidents Involving Teachers in the UK Recent discussions among teachers and the head teacher’s union have highlighted concerns about increasing violent incidents in schools, including discussions around safety measures. Here, we look to explore this in more detail. Key Statistics: There has […]

Children and Anti-social behaviour. What are the causes? General misbehaviour is common among children.  However, repeated, and persistent defiance, a display of aggression, destructive tendencies, and violent behaviour can amount to childhood anti-social behaviour. Children show negative, as well as positive social behaviours as they develop and mature, and if […]

Gender-based violence occurs primarily because of the gender or perceived gender of the victim.  Anyone – women, girls, men, and boys – can fall victim to violence simply because of their sex or gender, though women and girls especially are at risk. It is estimated one in three girls will […]