Criminal Justice Serious Violence Strategywww.gov.uk - Home Office Law enforcement is a very important part of the Serious Violence Strategy, but it also looks at the root causes of the problem and how to support …
Crime New public health duty to tackle serious violencewww.gov.uk Home Secretary Sajid Javid will this week announce a new legal duty on public bodies to prevent and tackle serious violence.
Crime Knife crime: NHS and councils to have legal duty to prevent knife crimebbc.co.uk NHS trusts, local councils and police forces are to have a legal duty to help prevent and tackle serious violence, including knife crime.
Honduras Crime kills more people than armed conflicts, UN study findsDW News - Rebecca Staudenmaier Far more people are killed in homicides around the world than in conflict zones, a sweeping UN study has found. The rate of women being killed due to …
Homicide Global study on homicideunodc.org - suzanne.kunnen Since the publication of the previous edition in 2014, the Global Study on Homicide has been expanded into a special six-booklet format, five of …
Sadiq Khan London's knife crime victims are sewing themselves up, mayor saysCNN - By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN(CNN) — Young victims of violent crime in London are using DIY methods including hair-weaving needles and superglue to stitch themselves up in a bid to avoid going to hospital, the Mayor of London said
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGangs 'My childhood was fuelled by violence and abuse'bbc.co.ukWhat makes some children fall into a life dominated by gangs and violence and prison and loss? Daniel and Aliyah have both grown up in London. Both have become entangled in gang life and all of its associated
The scariest thing about the video of Mark Field assaulting a protester is that no one spoke upindependent.co.uk - Abby Tomlinson We know by now, in 2019, that violence against women doesn’t just happen in dark corners and behind locked doors where no one is watching. It happens …
Bashing burglars and the law of self-defencethesecretbarrister.com - by thesecretbarrister The headlines and news bulletins over the past two days have focused on this story: (Your attention is respectfully drawn to the headline, rather than …
Grandmother gives an impassioned speech about knife crime epidemic to MPs on Question Timeindy100.com - Greg Evans This has been going on since 98, 99 and people were sat round tables talking about it then. It’s now spiralled out of control and you’re still sitting …
How did my sleepy hometown become a violent crime hotspot?bbc.co.ukI returned to Huddersfield to write an article about a police shooting. I was born and raised in Huddersfield. It’s the town I lived in for the first 18 years of my life, and it’s a place that's still
Top surgeon named as first 'violence reduction chief' to help tackle stabbings and shootings in Londonstandard.co.uk - Ross Lydall Health Editor A top surgeon has been appointed the NHS’s first clinical director for violence reduction in a bid to tackle London’s epidemic of stabbings and …
Sadiq Khan Murder graph shows how London killings compare to US citiesmetro.co.uk - Joe Roberts Donald Trump has once again attacked Sadiq Khan following further bloodshed in the capital. In the wake of five attacks in less than 24 hours in …
Blunt knives to stop domestic violence? What next – stab vests in the kitchen?The Guardian - Catherine BennettNottinghamshire police have been defending a new scheme to distribute blunt-ended knives to victims of domestic abuse. But some cooks are unconvinced by assurances from the force’s knife-crime strategy
Blunt utensils replace kitchen knives to save lives | Central - ITV Newsitv.com Nottinghamshire Police is piloting a scheme where victims of domestic violence will have their kitchen knives replaced with blunt utensils, to help …
Sharp kitchen knives replaced by blunt blades to cut stabbings in homes of domestic violence victimswalesonline.co.uk - Matt Jarram 'No point' utensils have potential to save lives, according to police Kitchen knives belonging to domestic violence victims will be replaced by blunt …
Does the news reflect what we die from?ourworldindata.org Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics. This blog post draws on data and …
The county lines routes continuously feeding Wales with drugswalesonline.co.uk - Estel Farell-Roig Criminals are using more than a hundred county lines to move crack cocaine and heroin into cities and towns across Wales In recent years, a new …
UK stabbings: Is austerity causing rising knife crime in Birmingham?bbc.co.uk - By Tom Symonds, Thomas Mackintosh and Steve SwannOne hundred people have been stabbed to death across the UK since the beginning of 2019. Three of those were teenagers in the West Midlands, all killed within the space of 12 days. People are now asking
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Press release: Offensive Weapons Act receives Royal Assentwww.gov.uk New legislation paves the way for Knife Crime Prevention Orders.
I gave a brief (via Skype) presentation on #knifecrime yesterday to a meeting at @UAL - thought I'd post the slides heretwitter.com
'The blame for knife crime lies with austerity'tes.com - By Anjum Peerbacos It’s been a month or so since the Home Office suggested that teachers take more responsibility in tackling knife crime and youth violence. I can’t …
I’m a police officer in London. Here’s why we’ve lost control of the streetsThe Guardian - AnonymousThere’s a saying in the police. It’s not sophisticated or clever, really, and it’s been passed down from generation to generation of coppers; it’s not new. “The job is fucked,” they say. Only now, it feel
Homicides in England reach highest level in a decadeThe Guardian - Vikram DoddHomicides are at a record high for the past decade, knife crime is rising and the proportion of offenders being charged has reached a record low, two sets of official figures show. The Office for National
Health (UK) Fewer people injured in violent attacks - A&E data studybbc.co.uk Overall levels of violence in England and Wales are on the decline, in spite of an increase in knife crime, a study of A&E data suggests.
Domestic Violence Murders Are Suddenly On The RiseHuffPost UK - By Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost US After almost four decades of decline, homicide among romantic partners is now on the rise, according to recent research by Northeastern University …
I'm an A&E doctor. It's not my job to report the victims of knife crimeThe GuardianWhile working a night shift in A&E last New Year’s Eve, I looked after a 17-year-old stab wound victim, Ben*. It had been a busy night, our usual winter pressures exacerbated by the flurry of drunken and
Murder witnesses to be given same support as victims' families under plans to stop 'cycle of brutal offending'independent.co.uk - Lizzie Dearden People who witness fatal stabbings and murders in London will be given the same support as bereaved relatives under new proposals. The justice …
