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The Power of Prevention: Why Giving People a Safe Way to Surrender Weapons Still Matters

There is often a temptation, when we discuss knife crime, to seek one big answer. One law. One policy...

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Let's Be Blunt: Why Prevention Must Start in Our Own Homes

After surviving a devastating knife attack, Leanne Lucas founded Let’s Be Blunt CIC to challenge one of the most overlooked risks in everyday life...

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A National Approach to Out of Court Resolutions: The Quiet Reform That Could Save the Justice System

It is not the glamorous end of policing. These are not the investigations that dominate headlines or the cases that define careers...

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Mandatory support or covert criminalisation? What the government’s new knife scheme gets right, and what it risks

Youth crime has declined significantly since 2019, yet NRM (National Referral Mechanism) referrals have risen year on year...

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Crossroads, Choices, and the Quiet Work of Keeping Young People Safe

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a strong sense of social justice. Even as a child, I felt pulled towards helping people, towards fairness, towards trying to understand why some lives...

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Halving Knife Crime

The Government’s new strategy, Protecting Lives, Building Hope: A Plan to Halve Knife Crime, sets out an ambition...

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Fighting Knife Crime Magazine - Issue 19 Foreword

This magazine could not be more topical...

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Beyond the blade: Communities restoring hope and safety

Knife crime continues to affect communities across the United Kingdom, causing harm and fear in everyday life...

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Turning the tide: How effective are youth programs in fighting crime

The effectiveness of youth groups on youth crime is a big question among people and the media, is it working?

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Beyond the Pitch: How Youth Initiatives Protect Young People and Transform Mental Wellbeing

Across the United Kingdom, youth initiatives have become essential in providing young people purpose, safety and connection in a time when many feel isolated and overlooked...

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Exploring the impact of the Media: useful but underutilised?

Knife crime among young people remains one of the most pressing issues in the South Yorkshire region and the UK...

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Invest in boys, not prison beds

This article aims to help build a case for challenging the long-term funding cuts to youth provision. The starting premise is that funding can be better spent on initiatives focused on prevention of violence rather than the costly incarceration of young people...

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