Knife Crime

The Government have also proposed new legislations to crack down on knife crime. A new proposed law is that the prison sentence for possession of knives have increased from 2 years to 4 years. This will now discourage people from carrying knives for fear of being caught with possession of a knife and being sentenced to 4 years in prison. Also, the government are now increasing the minimum age to buy and offensive weapon such as a knife to 18 years of age. However, police have gathered records of that many shops still illegally sell knives to those under the legal age. A very big thing now being introduced, that the police now have the right to “stop-and-search” anyone that they suspect may be in possession of a knife.

It’s Working

There have been many claims from people, Government and campaigners alike that all types of crime are going down. Most of the public and opposers of Government cast a sceptical eye over it all. However, extensive research show that all types of crime have in fact gone down, supported by this information given about the Northumbria police area, kindly given by the Northumbria police force under the “freedom of information act”.

The Real Change

Scrap Government initiatives and endless campaigns, the real change must be within the youth. They are the ones who started it, do it, will do it for ever more if nothing is done, so therefore the ones who started it must finish it. It is not all adults, children in the masses believe that knife crime is bad and help their peers and give them support. The majority of children are moderately behaved and steer well clear of such evils. So, slowly but surely, the good children are winning over the bad ones, yet a lot of work still needs to be done