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Yoga’s Role in Empowering Young People Amidst Rising Crime Rates
Yoga’s role in empowering youths amidst rising crime rate
CharlottaMartinus: Harnessing Yoga’s transformative Power to cultivate inner peace and resilience among vulnerable youth
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The sobering statistics about youth crime in the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, have increased our concern for young people’s well-being. Recent data presents a worrying picture. Youth crime in the UK has increased, with an increase in knife crimes, drug-related incidents and gang violent.
The Office for National Statistics reports that the number of knife or sharp instrument crimes committed by youth aged 10-17 has increased in the last few years and will reach a new record in 2020. The Metropolitan Police also revealed a worrying rise in violent crimes among teenagers. Many incidents were linked to…