The research with families in four disadvantaged areas in Glasgow found that young people pooled their local knowledge to avoid hazards, including violence from more organised gangs and aggression from adults with drink and drug problems. They took responsibility for keeping themselves and friends safe by moving around in groups and looking out for each other, using mobile phones to stay in touch.
Professor Malcolm Hill, director of the Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society, who led the research project for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said, 'We were impressed by the positive part that young people's peer groups played in helping them to stay safe.'
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