Home Affairs Committee - Seventh Report
Knife Crime
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 May 2009.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Background to our inquiry
Defining knife crime
2 The scale of knife crime
Is knife crime going up or down?
Context
Fatal stabbings
Use of knives in non-fatal violent crime
Knife possession
Impact of the Tackling Knives Action Programme
3 Victims and offenders
The relationship between victim and offender
Geography
Ethnicity
Age
Gender
Types of knives
4 Causes
Influence of media coverage
Status
Availability of weapons
Causes of violent behaviour
Links to social deprivation
Childhood experiences
Exposure to violent entertainment media
5 Legislation, policing and sentencing
Tackling availability
Knife amnesties
Stop and search
Convictions and sentences
Sentencing legislation and guidelines
Appropriateness
Application
Deterrence
6 Reducing knife-carrying
Educating children about the realities
of knife-carrying
Keeping children safe at school
Knife detectors
Exclusions
Safer Schools Partnerships
Keeping children safe on the street
Increasing young people's confidence in the
police
Support for victims
7 Reducing violence: work with offenders
Work in prisons and young offenders institutions
to change behaviour
Resettlement on release from custody
Gang exit strategies
Conflict resolution
The 'Boston miracle'
Work with low-level offenders and those at
risk of offending
8 Reducing violence: long-term prevention
strategy
Understanding the problem: collecting and
sharing knife data
Breaking the cycle of violence
Providing positive alternatives for young
people
Early intervention
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex A: London seminar notes
Annex B: Leeds seminar notes
Annex C: UNCUT meeting notes
Annex D: Bristol seminar notes
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List
of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and Written Evidence
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Tuesday 20 January 2009
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Written Evidence
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