Editing Balaclava (clothing) (section)

===Concealment===
[[File:Balaclava 3 hole black.jpg|thumb|A [[Ribbing (knitting)|rib-knit]] three-hole balaclava]]

Balaclavas are in certain contexts associated with criminality as gang members have used them to conceal their identity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Manchester Evening News |date=2004-08-12 |title=Gangs face arrest if they wear balaclavas |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/gangs-face-arrest-if-they-wear-balaclavas-1098765 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en |archive-date=2022-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228132612/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/gangs-face-arrest-if-they-wear-balaclavas-1098765 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2004, police in [[Prestwich]], England, began demanding that people on the street remove their balaclavas, describing the garment as "extremely threatening".<ref name=":0" /> In 2008, police in [[Kent]] confiscated a copy of the ''[[War on Terror (game)|War on Terror]]'' board game partly because of the inclusion of a balaclava, stating that it "could be used to conceal someone's identity or could be used in the course of a criminal act."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=338658 |title=War On Terror board game seized by police |newspaper=[[Cambridge News]] |access-date=2021-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806052916/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/War-On-Terror-board-game-seized-by-police.htm?ID=338658 |archive-date=2012-08-06}}</ref>