Comment
Young people, violence and knives - revisiting the evidence
After a relatively silent period of almost ten years, ‘knife crime’ has re-entered public awareness and policy discussion.
News
Young people, violence and knives - latest report out now
Attempts to punish and prosecute our way out of knife violence are doomed to failure, according to a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
The report – Young people, violence and knives – finds that police-led interventions and tougher sentencing have, at best, been ineffective and at...
Publication
Young people, violence and knives - revisiting the evidence and policy discussions
In this briefing, Roger Grimshaw and Matt Ford examine recent trends in knife-related violence and assess different approaches to tackling, and reducing it.