The Guardian view on policing youth violence: knives are a public health issue | Editorial

The Guardian view on policing youth violence: knives are a public health issue | Editorial Ministers and the mayor of London have embraced a new approach. But breaking the cycle will take resources as well as ideas

When the Guardian embarked on a project to investigate the rising number of children and teenagers being stabbed in 2017, our reporters expected to encounter people traumatised by extreme violence. The loss of a child or young person is always hard to bear, but when they have died as the result of deliberate aggression, the anger and regret of those left behind can be overwhelming. The series, Beyond the Blade, sought to tell the stories of these victims in more detail than they are usually afforded. It also looked for the patterns that underlay the rise in this form of crime. The Guardian