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How can you protect your community against knife crime? Feb 11, 2019 15:11:12 GMT

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Post by Admin on Feb 11, 2019 15:11:12 GMT

How can you protect your community against knife crime?

KEY FACTS

It is a criminal offence to have in a public place any item that has a blade, or is sharply pointed. This includes scissors, kitchen knives and craft knives.
It is illegal for anyone under 18 to buy a knife of any sort.
It is not legal to carry a knife for self-defence.
If you are caught by police carrying a knife, even if it was for your protection or you were carrying it for someone else, you will be arrested and prosecuted.
If you use a knife, even in self-defence, you could be charged with assault with intent, or even worse.
You can go to prison even if you didn’t use the knife. Click here to find out more about the penalties for possession and use of a knife.
Police can stop and search anyone they believe is carrying a knife.
Carrying a knife significantly increases your chances of getting stabbed yourself.
If someone is injured or killed by a knife in your presence, you could be prosecuted even if you didn’t touch the knife. You could even go to prison for murder in what is called ‘joint enterprise’.
There is no ‘safe place’ to stab someone. A wound in the arm or leg can still kill someone if an artery is severed.
If a knife punctures an artery you can bleed to death within five minutes.
A criminal record for knife use or possession can stop you from being accepted into college or university, and can make it much harder to get a job. Many countries will refuse to let you in, such as the USA, Canada and Australia.
However, tradespeople such as fishermen or chefs can carry knives if they can prove they need them for their work. Some people may also be allowed to carry them for religious reasons, for example a member of the Sikh faith may carry a Kirpan. And if you are wearing a national costume which includes a ceremonial knife, such as someone in a Scottish kilt with a Skean Dhu, that would also not be illegal.

www.ourwatch.org.uk/crimes-archive/talking-to-young-people/

www.ourwatch.org.uk/crimes-archive/toolkit-3/

www.ourwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SVp5.quiz_.pdf