Sentences with phrase «of knife crime»

Metal detectors will be installed at secondary schools most at risk of knife crime, the government is set to announce.

It features a life - size prison cell and actors who show some of the consequences of knife crime.

So far this year 65 people have died as a result of knife crime in London.

Business Insider met with Derrick Twum who grew up in New York in a gang environment and served 14 years in prison because of knife crime.

Jeremy Davies writes: David Lammy says absent fathers are a key cause of knife crime.

Defenders point to a disproportionate number of knife crime offences in some areas involving young black men.

However, asked if the Met were overzealous, Johnson said: «If you talk to people who worry about knife crimes, if you talk to the families of victims of knife crime, I think people will broadly support the idea that if you go out on the streets of London carrying a knife then you have to face the fact you may very well be stopped and searched and you may very well face serious consequences.

The then Strathclyde police force (now part of Police Scotland) launched a new strategy in response to the epidemic of knife crime.

And, having made campaign capital out of knife crime and promising a turnaround, the next stabbing somewhere in the streets of south London will be on his watch.

Questions began with concerns being raised about the rate of knife crime in the UK, especially in London.

Public perceptions of the rising tide of knife crime and youth gang violence in London have reached such a pitch that Boris needs to be equally clear, ruthless and relentless in his fight against crime in London.

Conservative candidates across the country promised in our election manifesto that we would be tough on crime, increase the prison population to 96,000 by 2014 and that «anyone convicted of a knife crime can expect to face a prison sentence.»

As part of the BBC's Annual School Report Day, 18 - year - old Abbianca from east London has explored whether schools should be doing more to teach youngsters about the dangers of knife crime.

The Court of Appeal emphasised the importance of passing deterrent sentences for carrying knives and other offensive weapons, given the prevalence of knife crime.

Learn about the sheer tragedy of knife crime and please view our «Knife Petition Page» to get the latest on Sentencing for this violent blight on our Society.

Some British doctors and legislators have reacted angrily to President Donald Trump's comments comparing a London hospital to a war zone because of knife crime.

Blog: Why we need a holistic response to fatherlessness Jeremy Davies writes: David Lammy says absent fathers are a key cause of knife crime.

Although the UK does not have the same gun laws as the USA, it still has high numbers of knife crime and assaults, meaning students and staff are still at risk of an attack from dangerous individuals.

In the UK, you're twice as likely to be victim of knife crime than you are gun crime in the US.

But perhaps there isn't the same levels of unemployment, of drug addiction, and of knife crime that you might encounter in Islington.