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A preliminary schedule for phasing-out knife crime

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  • Farrell, Graham

    (University of Leeds)

  • Davies, Toby
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Knife crime has become a prominent and seemingly intractable problem in England & Wales. Theory and evidence indicate that reducing crime opportunities is an effective means of crime control, including restrictions on lethal weapons. While public debate has centred on zombie and other ‘status’ knives, the most prevalent homicide weapon is a kitchen knife. Here we argue that replacing lethal pointed-tip kitchen knives with round-tip knives would reduce knife crime with little or no displacement, and may reduce other forms of violence. Drawing on the approach to remove fossil-fuel vehicles from roads, we propose a phased removal of lethal kitchen knives and estimate this will cut knife crime in half.

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  • Farrell, Graham & Davies, Toby, 2024. "A preliminary schedule for phasing-out knife crime," SocArXiv 2d8ea, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:2d8ea
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2d8ea
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