Violence is on the rise in Britain. And in many cases it is young people on the frontline as both victims and perpetrators. Last year the number of teenagers murdered in London passed 25 for the first time since 2008. At the current rate - 21 dead at the time of writing - that figure looks set to rise again this year.
The increase in violent crime is greatest in London but it has been going up across most of the UK, excluding Scotland, for several years. The response from politicians and the media was at first to look for conventional explanations: falling police numbers, violent lyrics in drill music - an aggressive form of rap music - and restrictions on the use of stop and search.
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