Psychologist: Adolescence explores teen crime

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00:00And I think people have connected with it more than anything because right now,

00:04particularly in the UK, there is a feeling of helplessness amongst a lot of youth.

00:10And I think that it highlights that it's multifaceted.

00:13You can't just look at a child who acts in a way that's intolerable

00:17and absolutely unsophisticated in the way that they carry it out,

00:22and also just totally inexcusable.

00:24You can't just look at them and say, well, it's the problem on you.

00:28I think one of the things that the series has caught fire for

00:31is because essentially it's trying to unravel the fact that there is a social responsibility,

00:34and we're all part of that social fabric.

00:36It's too easy to say, well, this person's to blame.

00:39We have to think, well, what is the narrative going on?

00:41What are the stories being told?

00:42What are the sites being accessed?

00:44And most importantly, why?

00:47Why are young people doing these things?

00:49Why is knife violence in the UK going through the roof?

00:52Why is adolescent crime increasing?

00:55These are questions that can't just affect the individual.

00:57They have to be something that the whole society around it

01:00understands and takes some responsibility for.

01:02And I think that's probably why it's provoked such a reaction,

01:04because every parent, every child has some relationship

01:09with the themes that are happening right now.