This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council on behalf the Youth Endowment Fund for the attention of all schools.
The Youth Endowment Fund has published a blog post on the scale of knife crime in England and Wales. The blog post looks at: young people’s concerns about knife crime; the rates of knife-enabled crimes over the past decade; and how children and young people have been affected. It highlights the need to focus on the reasons why children use knives, and on interventions and strategies, such as psychological therapies and focussed deterrence, that can have a positive impact on reducing children’s involvement in violence.
Read the blog post: Beyond the headlines update: a data-driven look at the rise in fatal stabbings