Alarming rise in stabbing cases

Reducing violent crime in New York was achieved partly by increasing the number of police officers on the streets. In some parts of London you never see a police officer on the street, and the numbers in the met have been significantly reduced thanks to one T May. Not a good move.

Agencies in Scotland have had success in reducing violent crime in Glasgow. The two cities can't be directly compared but treating it as a public health issue seems to be more effective than simply looking at it from a crime POV.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42690960

Since the original post I have read a small news item online about the young girl killed recently; someone said 'she deserved to die, she was standing too close to our enemies'. How dreadful is that? I agree Bridegeit, something truly frightening is taking hold in some areas when killing another person is like swatting an annoying fly.

It’s getting really bad Rosina particularly in London ( which you would expect of course) in such a vast city.
Knife carrying means knife using, so stop and search should be upped.

Like you Rosina, I don’t know what the answers are either. There certainly seems to be a shift in parts of society where there are rising numbers of people who are prepared to knife another person . So something has changed within society whereby some people have grown up to have no regard for the life of another, nothing is off limits to them. Something very deep rooted is taking hold, we seem to have two extremes lovely young people with aspirations positive outlooks etc, & the other extreme where the life or death of another seems to be of little or no consequence to the perpetrators of these horrifying events. there does seem to be a need to change the law so the punishment fits the crime. There seems there is nothing for them to fear enough for them to care about being caught .