Public debate often frames fatal knife crime as a problem of serious youth violence in public space, but data from the National Child Mortality Database complicates this narrative, says the University of Bristol’s Dr Jade Levell, who argues that with children experiencing violence in a range of scenarios – including in education and as a result of domestic violence – there needs to be a fundamental shift to ensure they always have the right to violence support at the earliest opportunity.
Recent analysis of child death case files held by the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) provides stark evidence that current approaches to knife crime prevention intervene far too late.
These records offer rare insight into the lives of children prior to fatal violence – and into moments when intervention was possible but did not occur.
These records constitute the most comprehensive national data available on children in England who have died from stab wounds, offering rare insight into the lives of children prior to fatal violence – and into moments when intervention was possible but did not occur.
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