New plan for dealing with knife crime
July 11, 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to defend his government’s plans to tackle knife crime that have been derided by the Liberal Democrats as “half-baked”. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, has already unveiled proposals for using shock tactics against all young offenders who are caught in possession of a knife.
Meanwhile, senior police officer Alf Hitchcock has given a call for ‘non-military national service’ for offending teenagers. He also stated knife crime victims as well as offenders were now getting younger.
The home secretary’s proposals for youth crime check in England and Wales are to be outlined in more depth and detail when the government unveils its youth crime plan. Ms Smith’s new proposals will mean that youths who are caught carrying knives will be made to go to accident/emergency wards, to witness the consequences of stabbings. They will be made to meet victims’ families as well as make prison visits to individuals convicted of knife offences. She stated: “I am (very) keen that we make people face up to the consequences.”
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