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Analysis: We know how to stop knife crime, so why don’t we do it?

We know how to stop knife crime, so why don't we do it?

We know how to stop knife crime, so why don’t we do it?

BBC Radio 4 - Analysis, We know how to stop knife crime, so why don’t we do it?

There are proven ways to reduce knife crime, so why don’t we do more of what works?

Since 2017, more than 100 children have died from knife wounds in the UK. Jon Yates looks at schemes that have reduced knife crime and asks why they haven’t been scaled up.

In the last five years in the UK, more than 100 children have died from knife wounds. But violence isn't inevitable and evidence shows that we need more mentoring, therapy, family support and police in the areas where violence is high. So why don't we do what works? Jon Yates from the Youth Endowment Fund looks at the schemes that have successfully reduced knife crime. He investigates why the lessons they've taught us haven’t been scaled up. And why we’re spending money on other things like knife awareness campaigns without any evidence they work.  
 
Presenter: Jon Yates 
Producer: Rob Walker 
Editor: Clare Fordham
Sound Engineer: Richard Hannaford
Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele
 
Contributors:  
Karyn McCluskey, Chief Executive, Community Justice Scotland 
Karen Timoney, Director, KDT Wellness 
Graeme Armstrong, author of The Young Team 
Laura Knight, Toolkit and Evidence Engagement Lead, Youth Endowment Fund 
Gavin Stephens, Chair, National Police Chiefs’ Council  
Lawrence Sherman, Chief Scientific Officer, Metropolitan Police  
Jhemar Jonas, youth worker and musician 
Ciaran Thapar, youth worker and author of Cut Short 
Thomas Abt, Founding Director, Center for the Study and Practise of Violence Reduction at the University of Maryland; author of Bleeding Out  
Sajid Javid, Conservative MP for Bromsgrove, former Home Secretary  
Luke Billingham, youth worker and researcher 
Jahnine Davis, Director, Listen Up

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