Knife sentencing 'not effective' / BBC, 16 October 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7672910.stm
"The study found young people were living in "constant fear" of attack
Longer jail terms are not an effective way of persuading teenagers to stop carrying knives, research suggests. Pentonville Prison governor Nicola Marfleet interviewed 14to 17-year-olds who had either been excluded from school or were serving time in custody."

News release Howard League - report can be purchased from themhttp://www.howardleague.org/fileadmin/howard_league/user/pdf/press_2008/Knife_crime_16_October_2008.pdf