Graham Farrell
@grahamfarrell.bsky.social
Professor of Crime Science at the University of Leeds.
Reposted by Graham Farrell
And if you reduce opportunities for murder, rates will fall.
The clearest explanation of this is the difference in murder rates between the US and UK.
Rates for knife murders and other methods are comparable; but because the US has more guns, it gets more murders
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The clearest explanation of this is the difference in murder rates between the US and UK.
Rates for knife murders and other methods are comparable; but because the US has more guns, it gets more murders
4/5
February 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And if you reduce opportunities for murder, rates will fall.
The clearest explanation of this is the difference in murder rates between the US and UK.
Rates for knife murders and other methods are comparable; but because the US has more guns, it gets more murders
4/5
The clearest explanation of this is the difference in murder rates between the US and UK.
Rates for knife murders and other methods are comparable; but because the US has more guns, it gets more murders
4/5
Reposted by Graham Farrell
A 2005 panel of chefs found little functional need for pointed end blades.
Furthermore, a new paper by two leading criminologists suggest that phasing out pointed-end knives for round-tipped ones could reduce knife deaths by *half*
More in my column
www.thetimes.com/article/7c54...
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Furthermore, a new paper by two leading criminologists suggest that phasing out pointed-end knives for round-tipped ones could reduce knife deaths by *half*
More in my column
www.thetimes.com/article/7c54...
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Idris Elba thinks rounded knife tips would save lives. Is he right?
The actor has suggested that many kitchen knives don’t need their sharp points. Time to look at the data
www.thetimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A 2005 panel of chefs found little functional need for pointed end blades.
Furthermore, a new paper by two leading criminologists suggest that phasing out pointed-end knives for round-tipped ones could reduce knife deaths by *half*
More in my column
www.thetimes.com/article/7c54...
5/5
Furthermore, a new paper by two leading criminologists suggest that phasing out pointed-end knives for round-tipped ones could reduce knife deaths by *half*
More in my column
www.thetimes.com/article/7c54...
5/5
The only knife it’s legal to carry without good reason is a small penknife (non-locking, < 7.5cm).
January 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The only knife it’s legal to carry without good reason is a small penknife (non-locking, < 7.5cm).
The longer journal article version is at tinyurl.com/4mvsrtke
A schedule for phasing-out knife crime - Crime Science
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, includin...
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January 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The longer journal article version is at tinyurl.com/4mvsrtke
And we’re not saying that it will prevent all knife crime - just that it will make a large and lasting dent in it.
January 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And we’re not saying that it will prevent all knife crime - just that it will make a large and lasting dent in it.
In the journal article (URL in para 3) we have a section ‘Won’t they just use something else? The possibility of displacement’. Most youths can grab a kitchen knife easily, but alternatives are typically less available, inferior weapons, with lower status
January 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the journal article (URL in para 3) we have a section ‘Won’t they just use something else? The possibility of displacement’. Most youths can grab a kitchen knife easily, but alternatives are typically less available, inferior weapons, with lower status
Thank you Jacob. This is tactical displacement. There’s lots of evidence (and theory) showing it sometimes occurs but usually doesn’t.
January 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thank you Jacob. This is tactical displacement. There’s lots of evidence (and theory) showing it sometimes occurs but usually doesn’t.