Feature: Youth crime special report: young people's views - Are knife ads working?
Children & Young People Now
23 July 2008
Young people have become more fearful about knife crime since the launch of a £3m ad campaign to stop them carrying knives, according to research seen exclusively by CYP Now. Ruth Smith reports on what young people aged 11 to 19 are saying.
Two months ago, the Home Office launched a £3m ad campaign to persuade young people to stop carrying knives. It was hoped that its gruesome images of knife wounds would shock young people enough to make them think twice about carrying a knife. "People have got to get the message that if they carry a knife, there's...