Video clips of horrific injuries to be sent to young people
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/07/14 [2008-7-15]
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The scheme forms part of a £100million government crime actionplan.
It comes after two more victims were knifed to death at theweekend. There are an average 56 stabbings a day nationwide. Twentyteenagers have died from the blade in London this year. HomeSecretary Jacqui Smith said yesterday: "I'm shocked at the tragicloss of life we've recently seen.
"I want to reassure everyone the Government is taking this veryseriously."
Announcing tough new measures, the minister adopted the Mirror'scall for police and youth workers to go into schools and clubs towarn of knife dangers.
Police will target potential offenders with more stop and searches.
Those caught with blades will be made to visit A&E wards to seethe bloody results.
They will also be confronted by victims' grief-stricken familiesand visit prisoners serving time for knife offences.
Ms Smith said seeing "gruesome" injuries would be a tougherdeterrent than prison.
Hospital visits would also make people realise that "there isnothing glamorous about carrying a knife".
She said: "I think that's a better way of making people face up tothe consequences of their actions and make them more likely not tocarry knives in the future."
Further measures to be announced tomorrow include giving policepowers to impose instant curfews. Under a plan piloted inLiverpool, officers can take young people off the street and detainthem.
Their mums and dads are then called to be reminded of theirresponsibilities.
Youth workers will also be sent out on the streets to encouragebored youngsters to take part in sports and arts activities.
Ms Smith disclosed she had written to all 43 chief constables inEngland and Wales reminding them of their powers to require pubs orclubs associated with knife or gun problems to search customers onentry.
Trading standards officers have been told to make test purchases toensure shops are not selling knives to underage youngsters.
At the same time, Health Secretary Alan Johnson is urging healthauthorities to study how hospitals can work with police inincluding reporting knife-related incidents - also urged by theMirror. The crackdown will be overseen by senior Met officer InspAlf Hitchcock.
It will focus on the hotspot areas of London, the West Midlands,Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Essex and the ThamesValley.
Inspector Hitchcock said: "Recently we have seen an intensificationin the severity of offending.
"We've also seen a worrying change in the age profile of offendersand victims. It has decreased from mid to late teens to early 20sdown to early to mid teens."
Professor Rod Morgan, former chairman of the Youth Justice Board,said making offenders come face to face with their victims could bea "very powerful tool".
Tory Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve said: "These piecemealannouncements are not the answer.
"Sending serious offenders to visit victims in hospital is not thesame as sending them to prison."
Lib Dem spokesman Chris Huhne said: "Jacqui Smith is coming up withhalf-baked ideas. The Government has been in denial."
A powerful committee of MPs is launching a Parliamentary inquiryinto knife crime - and wants to hear from Mirror readers.
The Commons Home Affairs committee will grill experts, police andministers to get to the root causes. But chair Keith Vaz also wantsevidence from victims and their families.
Mr Vaz, who praised our knife-crime summit held last week, askedthe Mirror to produce a dossier from people who write to us abouttheir experiences.
He said: "I want to congratulate the Mirror on the 'Stop Knives -Save Lives' campaign. It is vital victims' voices are heard.
"The views of victims are of particular importance and I want toinclude them in this inquiry."
Labour MP Martin Salter said readers could play a vital role in theinquiry when MPs return from summer break. He said: "We don't needpoliticians' sound bites. We've got to get to the root causes."
The Mirror demands..
1 Give our police tools to catch knife thugs
2 Launch amnesty to bring in the blades
3 Nurses must report treating stab victims
4 Teach all pupils that knives solve nothing
5 Texts and internet will help win battle
You can play your part by writing to us at Knife Crime Inquiry, C/ONewsdesk, Daily Mirror, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E145AP or email: mirrornews@mirror.co.uk
The scheme forms part of a £100million government crime actionplan.
It comes after two more victims were knifed to death at theweekend. There are an average 56 stabbings a day nationwide. Twentyteenagers have died from the blade in London this year. HomeSecretary Jacqui Smith said yesterday: "I'm shocked at the tragicloss of life we've recently seen.
"I want to reassure everyone the Government is taking this veryseriously."
Announcing tough new measures, the minister adopted the Mirror'scall for police and youth workers to go into schools and clubs towarn of knife dangers.
Police will target potential offenders with more stop and searches.
Those caught with blades will be made to visit A&E wards to seethe bloody results.
They will also be confronted by victims' grief-stricken familiesand visit prisoners serving time for knife offences.
Ms Smith said seeing "gruesome" injuries would be a tougherdeterrent than prison.
Hospital visits would also make people realise that "there isnothing glamorous about carrying a knife".
She said: "I think that's a better way of making people face up tothe consequences of their actions and make them more likely not tocarry knives in the future."
Further measures to be announced tomorrow include giving policepowers to impose instant curfews. Under a plan piloted inLiverpool, officers can take young people off the street and detainthem.
Their mums and dads are then called to be reminded of theirresponsibilities.
Youth workers will also be sent out on the streets to encouragebored youngsters to take part in sports and arts activities.
Ms Smith disclosed she had written to all 43 chief constables inEngland and Wales reminding them of their powers to require pubs orclubs associated with knife or gun problems to search customers onentry.
Trading standards officers have been told to make test purchases toensure shops are not selling knives to underage youngsters.
At the same time, Health Secretary Alan Johnson is urging healthauthorities to study how hospitals can work with police inincluding reporting knife-related incidents - also urged by theMirror. The crackdown will be overseen by senior Met officer InspAlf Hitchcock.
It will focus on the hotspot areas of London, the West Midlands,Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Essex and the ThamesValley.
Inspector Hitchcock said: "Recently we have seen an intensificationin the severity of offending.
"We've also seen a worrying change in the age profile of offendersand victims. It has decreased from mid to late teens to early 20sdown to early to mid teens."
Professor Rod Morgan, former chairman of the Youth Justice Board,said making offenders come face to face with their victims could bea "very powerful tool".
Tory Shadow Home Secretary Dominic Grieve said: "These piecemealannouncements are not the answer.
"Sending serious offenders to visit victims in hospital is not thesame as sending them to prison."
Lib Dem spokesman Chris Huhne said: "Jacqui Smith is coming up withhalf-baked ideas. The Government has been in denial."
A powerful committee of MPs is launching a Parliamentary inquiryinto knife crime - and wants to hear from Mirror readers.
The Commons Home Affairs committee will grill experts, police andministers to get to the root causes. But chair Keith Vaz also wantsevidence from victims and their families.
Mr Vaz, who praised our knife-crime summit held last week, askedthe Mirror to produce a dossier from people who write to us abouttheir experiences.
He said: "I want to congratulate the Mirror on the 'Stop Knives -Save Lives' campaign. It is vital victims' voices are heard.
"The views of victims are of particular importance and I want toinclude them in this inquiry."
Labour MP Martin Salter said readers could play a vital role in theinquiry when MPs return from summer break. He said: "We don't needpoliticians' sound bites. We've got to get to the root causes."
The Mirror demands..
1 Give our police tools to catch knife thugs
2 Launch amnesty to bring in the blades
3 Nurses must report treating stab victims
4 Teach all pupils that knives solve nothing
5 Texts and internet will help win battle
You can play your part by writing to us at Knife Crime Inquiry, C/ONewsdesk, Daily Mirror, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E145AP or email: mirrornews@mirror.co.uk
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