The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) report, Knife Crime? A Review of Evidence and Policy, has found that government needs to look more closely at why young people carry knives.
The authors argue that enforcement and punitive action to combat knife carrying and knife use, such as harsher sentences, do not address the root causes of the problem.
Richard Garside, director of the CCJS said: "The government may be sincere in its wish to tackle knife-related crime and violence. Yet current policy is bedevilled by a lack of good quality data on incidents and trends, which contributes to a lack of clear thinking about what might be truly effective."
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