The intent of this research is to put forward evidence for whether or not the moral panic around youth crime is justifiable. The method being conducted for this research will be done in a secondary research basis: this is due to the need to review media and theoretical data around social class, role models and the medias opinion on these topics. The aim is draw reasoning for youth crime from different aspects that could possibly be part of a cause and effect cycle around this topic. The research will be looking at actual statistics in a bid to view the actual extent of youth crime; another aspect being looked includes the goals for the 2010 general election in relation to the intentions for youth justice.

Michael grew up in a small town in the Heart of Wales and studied his BA (Hons) Criminology at the University of Bedfordshire - where he was also student representative for the Social Science department, which resulted in being voted Student of the Year 2010.Michael is currently the Senior European Account Manager for a US software company.