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Steven Grisales

stabbed knife crime show follows the lives of young Londoners plague. The mayor needs to reconsider its response

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Steven was 21 when he was stabbed to death in a street in north London last week. At age 15, was charged with the murder. Grisales had led a trade mission of his grandmother at the time of the attack. "It's unbelievable that this could happen to him," said his father. "I can not explain. This should not happen to anyone. "

Each is a special case killings in their particular circumstances and motivated by the wild forces is still a mystery terrifying. It is unwise and premature to draw general conclusions from individual acts of sudden cooling. Perhaps, however, we can learn something useful from the cold statistics on the use of knives in attacks on young people in London in recent years.

published in July for me to statistics compiled by the Metropolitan Police crime of violence against 13 to 24 years over the previous three years. They showed that in 2008-09, 1594 cases were reported of people in this age group were injured in attacks with knives and the number increased to 2076 next year. The following year - at the end of March 2011 - has remained the same. This represents an increase of over 30% during the period.

All types of offenses classified as "knife crime" have also increased. These incidents include - flights, for example - where he was the author for having a knife or where was suggested the possession of one. There were 5923 crimes recorded by the Met, against 13 - to 24 in 2008-09, 2009-10 and 6460 to 7231 in 2010-11 - an increase of over 20%. In each of three years, over 60% of the victims were teenagers.

crimes with knives are only part of the image of violence and intimidation against young people in the capital. Different sets of statistics tell a more varied and, to some extent, the story more reassuring. The figures gathered for the same three-year period showed that all the crimes of "serious violence" against 13 - to 24 increased slightly, while those characterized by "severe violence" - which includes murder, attempted murder and GBH - have declined significantly from 5197 in 2008-09 to 5115 in 2009-10 and 2010-11 4145

would be helpful if the mayor is so simple with greater frequency. Among the carefully constructed messages that was sent as he seeks re-election for mayor next year is good news for juvenile delinquency. In the section of young Londoners in its annual report published in May listed as shown (page 31) that "youth violence has declined by over six percent in 2010-11," and that "more than 11,000 knives are made the streets of London since 2008. "The campaign website Back Boris 2012, states that" the minor is 15 aa %".

When the number that the mayor is the traffic come from? What does this mean? Do they clarify the scope of some of the worst acts of violence against young people in the capital? Johnson has produced more data during the time of the issue by the Mayor monthly in July. "Youth violence in London fell by 7.4% since May 2008," he said. He added that "violence with injuries in the past year fell by 8.6%" and that "knife crime is itself 8.5%", although it was not clear to what stage when he spoke of crimes against young people in particular. He asked for clarification. None has been provided so far.

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