'SENSELESS VIOLENCE' London knife crime 2018 – London stabbings

'SENSELESS VIOLENCE'

London knife crime 2018 – London stabbings 


This month brought the country to a standstill as there was a huge increase in knife attacks across London.

According to the Metropolitan Police, London's murder rate is more than the murder rate of New York.
According to an updated version of the statistics for crime in the UK, knife crime has risen by 21% across in England and Wales to a 6 year high with almost 37,000 offences recorded by police up to September 2017.

Amongst the people killed this year, there were teenagers aged 20 and below.
From looking at the recent stabbings, the total number of people who have been killed from both stabbings and knife attacks is up to 60.



When looking at this situation, it seems as if these attacks were carried in order to let government as well as the public become more aware about the issue of there being not enough support and help given to the youth.


However, these attacks have been carried in previous years, but not at the rate at which these attacks have taken place and according to the public, it is not something new.

In my opinion, it’s quite shocking to see the amount of lives that been taken away (when they were killed for no reason), especially since it’s a new year and we have not even ended the yet.

It’s rather disappointing to see the government wanting to take more serious action now about knife and gun crimes as compared to previous years, especially when they have known about how serious these crimes are, but it’s not just about the government needing to take serious action about those crimes, they should also think about ways to help the youth and stop them getting involved in crime such as re-introducing youth clubs, offering more support services and giving more in depth advice to youth about what they want or could do after leaving education.


 The source is taken from the independent online newspaper.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-stabbings-knife-crime-deaths-murders-three-days-teenagers-statistics-a8281756.html

Comments

  1. tegan24 April 2018 at 23:43

    You included the link to the article, but you also could have talked about the actual article itself and about any biases they had. You also could have provided examples of the stabbings. But overall it’s a good post

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