Wasted Nation, "Gang and knife culture in Scotland"

Wasted Nation
BBC One
Duration: 90 minutes
February 2008

Hard-hitting documentary featuring the stories of those who have suffered at the hands of gang and knife culture in Scotland. Followed by a debate hosted by Glen Campbell.

Highlights:
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• A controversial U.N. report has suggested that Scotland is the most violent country in the developed world...

• Hospitals in Glasgow treat a serious facial injury every 6 hours

• In words of a person attacked by a colleague: "he had too much to drink and couldn't control himself..."

• 1,400 people in Scotland are injured in knife attacks each year...

• Half of the 2007 murders were related to drunk or drugged people