Can A&E admission data help to prevent knife crime?
Children & Young People Now
23 July 2008
The head of Cardiff University's Violence Research Group has called for data on hospital admissions to be used to help identify areas with high levels of knife crime. But will releasing this information help tackle the problem? - Yes: Sab Bahm, community development manager, Positive Futures Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme
Anything that raises awareness about the severity and extent of knife crime is a good thing. It is also good to make those involved in crime prevention, as well as the general public, aware of the effect on victims and the rehabilitation they have to go through to get...