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.

I wrote a post about women's safety in light of recent events. I highlight the importance of listening to the many reports of near-misses (eg see Tweet(s) of @CCriadoPerez) and not dismissing this as a "rare event". Link to blog: rekadata.net/blog/a-respons…
1/6 Near-misses may have the same causal mechanisms as the incidents which result in fatality/injury. Based on this assumption I highlight the importance of collecting MORE and BETTER data.
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