Pettytom Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 19 minutes ago, Lockdoctor said: Ten charts on the rise of knife crime in England and Wales https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42749089 Thanks. I should have said that it has clearly risen in the last four or five years. The longer term trend isn’t so clear. Possibly because it hasn’t risen, possibly because of poor record keeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdoctor Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, Pettytom said: Thanks. I should have said that it has clearly risen in the last four or five years. The longer term trend isn’t so clear. Possibly because it hasn’t risen, possibly because of poor record keeping. You're most welcome. The most disturbing statistic is that the number of homicides/murders using knives has more than doubled in the last forty years. I agree record keeping has improved over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Cats Hat Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 5 hours ago, pattricia said: No one had knives years ago. You obviously didn’t live in Glasgow in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, Top Cats Hat said: You obviously didn’t live in Glasgow in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Think knuckle dusters were the order of the day back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, Top Cats Hat said: You obviously didn’t live in Glasgow in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Or anywhere. This city produced hundreds of thousands of pocket knives, if not millions, and they were used daily. And by used I don't mean stuck between someone's shoulder blades. I'd suggest knife carrying has gone down and stabbing has gone up. My uncle bought me a pocket knife for my birthday, I'd have been about 10 or 11. If I had done the same for my nephew now my sister would have gone nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Top Cats Hat said: You obviously didn’t live in Glasgow in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Frankie Vaughan sorted that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Padders said: Think knuckle dusters were the order of the day back then. Back in the 70's in pub brawls I remember broken beer glasses (a lad I went to school with was killed by a broken glass to the throat), bottles - those big glass ash trays were thrown and pub chairs and bar stools were used for hitting people with. Also remember two women fighting taking off their shoes and using stiletto heels as weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_W Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 It's no good comparing the concerns of knife crime today with the past, there is an existing problem that the authorities and some communities are struggling to deal with, London being the prime example: https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN04304 I'm not sure if the incident in Manchester is typical though, multiple random stabbings like that do tend to bear the hallmarks of terrorism or the actions of an extreme nutcase IMHO ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Cats Hat Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 8 hours ago, Michael_W said: multiple random stabbings like that do tend to bear the hallmarks of terrorism or the actions of an extreme nutcase IMHO ! Given that the perp has been detained under the Mental Health Act I suspect that it is the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branyy Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 One might say that every terrorist is mentally unstable. Yep, re-label terrorism to mental health issue, problem with terrorism solved. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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