Whilst gang related knife crime is a factor, the leading cause goes deeper. To understand violent behaviour, we must understand relationships.
Experts such as those at Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP) have long argued that what leads a child or young person to carry a sharp object or even use it is linked intrinsically with relationships between peers, with family and with those in authority.
If young people grow up experiencing trauma, adversity, negative influences, or chaotic environments, then from a very young age, their ability to empathise, their brain development, and their physical response to being hypervigilant is likely to be affected. In turn, this affects emotional intelligence.
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