Work together to uncover the causes of youth crime / Guardian, 6 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/06/knifecrime.ukcrime?gusrc=rss&feed=society
"The government points to figures showing a decline in the overall crime rate to show that its approach is working. But as an epidemic of fatal knife attacks in the capital shows, those assertions do not reflect many people's experience of insecurity walking the streets. Already, 18 teenagers have died a violent death in London this year. The government's response has been to promise a crackdown - increased police powers and tougher sentences. That might be reassuring were it not such a tired refrain. The Conservatives, meanwhile, offer no alternative."