What's interesting about the above article as since it has been written the 'hoodie', as a character type within the media, is continuing to develop and is used more and more as a short cut for everything bad about society and potentially evil. Here is a interesting post from Pete Fraser which mentions how the imagery of the 'hood' has been used throughout history, also there's more stuff here about moral panics.
Just to get back to hoodies, and so in turn British (mainly working class) youth, they are now commonplace bad guys in films and TV. Just have a look this trailer for the film F which was shot at CRC and stars up and coming stunt sensation Austin Phillips.
In the film Heartless, the whole world of the Hoodie - the dark inner city, high rise flats - becomes the setting for a tale of demons and the supernatural. Gone is the classic gothic setting for horror - now the streets of the inner city are the scary places.
Cherry Tree Lane again places UK youth as the bad guys. Again there's an issue with class a well as just like Edene Lake it is a Middle Class family that is under attack.
And now, just to confirm what an established screen representation the hoodie is, whole films can based upon a parody of them such as the new film from Joe Cornish, Attack the Block. Look how the 'hoodie' is described (for comedy purposes) as the 'Deadliest species in the galaxy'.
Have a look at this short film, Cubs, which uses the hoodie characters to suggest urban crime and delinquency only to deliver a punchline that raises questions about how violence by different social classes is perceived.