'I came away from this book enraged enlightened and with a sense of urgency to do something'
Annie Mac'Lays down a transformative path to peace' David Lammy MP'Compelling' The Sunday Times
'Assured' Observer 'Brilliantly written' Nikesh Shukla_________________________Demetri wants
to study criminology at university to understand why people around him carry knives.Jhemar is
determined to advocate for his community following the murder of a loved one.Carl's exclusion
leaves him vulnerable to the sinister school-to-prison pipeline but he is resolute to defy
expectations.Tony the tireless manager of a community centre is fighting not only for the
lives of local young people but to keep the centre's doors open.Drawing on the latest research
and interviews with experts this refreshingly nuanced and beautifully written book interweaves
the stories of a cast of characters at the sharp end of the UK's serious youth violence
epidemic with chapters on subjects such as social media gentrification and criminal
justice.Showing how we are all connected to this tragedy Cut Short is a gripping urgent
sympathetic and often painful portrait of a society fracturing along lines of race class and
postcode. It is a blueprint for positive change and a book we desperately
need._________________________'A devastating and beautifully-drawn tribute to the young boys
that the media turns into statistics of knife crime' Candice Carty-Williams'Makes you stop and
think' Nick Robinson BBC R4's Today programme'This book strongly gives a voice to the
voiceless . . . essential reading' Kenny Allstar'Angry impassioned informed accurate - the
story behind the cutting short of public health and young lives' Danny Dorling'Ciaran's work is
informed by lived experience at the frontline of social change. It takes a sensitive and
respectful look at the truths less often told' George the Poet
