How does young people's experience and perception of #knifecrime differ from policing experts'? Our paper 'Understanding Knife Crime and Trust in Police with Young People in East London' with @sartemis_ @LinaTLudwig and @ben1971b explores this topic. More detail in thread below.
We teamed up with @FroilanLegaspi of @CitizensUK to work with young people in East London to explore their perception of #knifecrime First we mapped their experiences using a mobile phone application to report worrying incidents such as seeing/hearing about knives/threats. 
We then used interviews to build mental models for young people and police experts to identify gaps in understanding. E.g.: young people are very aware of enforcement operations ("gang matrix", "section 60") but not aware of community building initiatives (e.g. VRU activities).
I've summarised the key findings and recommendations in my blog post: rekadata.net/blog/2021-07-1… And for more detail the full paper is available OPEN ACCESS here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…
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