20 Knife Crimes a Day? Its More Than That, Says MayorBORIS JOHNSON today said there was a knife crime in London every hour.Barney, Katharine
Knife crimes fell after 2009, but since 2014 there has been a gradual rise, according to official statistics. Justice minister Chris Philp said the government was recruiting 20,000 more police officers and was extending stop-and-search powers and ensuring the most violent offenders are kept in p...
LONDON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing criticism over the control of knife crimes after recent deaths of youngsters. The criticism came days after two 17-year-old youngsters were killed in separate knife attacks in the country. May told Parliament on Wednesday...
In the first six months of this year, 248 people were killed with a knife in England and Wales, while between 2017 and 2018, crimes involving knives increased by 17 percent across the UK. But is this an accurate assessment fo the situation? Data for emergency admissions to hospitals in Eng...
Police have also been targeting knives over the past few years as the country has seen a drastic uptick in knife crimes. A few years ago we wrote about and mocked how the UK wasthinking about banning zombie knives. Sure, zombie knives are a bizarre conceit that companies seized upon during...
Mr Jamieson spoke after three teenagers were stabbed to death within two weeks in Birmingham. He said: “Many of the children who are getting involved in these crimes have been excluded from their school. “This is a national emergency, and we must do something about that exclusion of childre...
The introduction of the 'knife-enabled' feature code in 2001 fundamentally changed the way knife-enabled crimes were categorised and reported. This ultimately led to a problematic public definition of 'knife crime' as we understand it to... E Williams,P Squires - 《Rethinking Knife Crime》 被...
During the year there were 215 homicides in which knives or sharp instruments such as broken bottles were used as weapons. The reported cited London as having the highest level of knife crimes in the country, with a rate of 137 crimes for each 100,000 of the population. There were over ...
Police point to strains as number of crimes solved hits new low Only two in every 25 offences lead to police or court action, statistics show June 5 2019 Can treating knife crime like disease cut the death toll? Cities are taking their lead from doctors to tackle epidemics of stabbing ...
We can't afford to give in to this despair. As a barrister and part-time judge, I sentence offenders for crimes involving knives and see first hand the pain and grief they cause. But it is also clear that tougher enforcement and sentences alone are not the answer. This was certainly the...