well of the inequality and austerity outlined by professor danny dorling and rosie o. goes we wasn't there long enough some of describing rises in violent crime in the u.k. as a public health emergency latest u.k. government statistics show knife crime at a record high with more than forty thousand incidents between march twenty seventh dean and march twenty eighth to me now is kevin monger who used to be a gang member and is now a law student and community activist he is the author of young black males have potential kevin thanks for coming on the show to tell me about your journey and how you gave up violence is out of london after literally a daily of two cities paris and london where there's really a rough start to life as you know i was born in front i came here. in corydon. you know grew up and i saw you know the similarities from paris to london. crime. gangs you know groups of people forming in groups minorities especially and you know for a long period of time i was able to stay away from it but then at the age of sixteen i realized that it was i joined a gang or i