Knee-jerk reaction to knife crime / Scotsman, 14 July 2008
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Kneejerk-reaction-to-knife-crime.4264179.jp
"A spate of highly publicised knife murders, many involving teenage victims and perpetrators, has begun to preoccupy both media and politicians. Yesterday, David Cameron suggested anyone caught with a knife should go to prison. It is difficult to know how much of this latest upsurge in knife crime is a matter of heightened awareness or whether politicians merely climbing on the bandwagon?"