Knife Crime [THREAD]
Nobody chooses to pick up a knife or be involved in gangs we should drop that belief and should drop the belief that knife crime in London is due to the Mayor’s leadership which simply isn’t true.
Studies have found Austerity since 2010 (when a Tory govt started to be in power) may have an effect on knife crime
A study by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime has found that councils which had implemented significant reductions in youth services were more likely to have seen an increase in stabbings. It also found that worst hit areas of youth spending cuts saw an increase