Thanks to Dottie again for alerting me to this:
From the Guardian today:
Stop and search study in England and Wales ‘casts doubt’ on effectiveness
Research by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), a charity funded by the Home Office to combat youth violence, found that other tactics – such as community-led focused deterrence, putting more officers on the streets in troubled areas or mentoring and diversion for potential suspects – produced bigger cuts in violence.
The most effective anti-violence tactic was found to be focused deterrence, which achieved a 33% reduction in incidents, six times greater than stop and search.
Focused deterrence involves police working with local services – such as health, education and housing – and community organisations to identify those most likely to commit violence, then working with them when they are young.
In Glasgow, the average age of those taking part in deterrence initiatives was 16, and it costs £1,500 for each participant. A £7m pilot using focused deterrence is under way in five areas – Coventry, Nottingham, Leicester, Manchester and Wolverhampton – and is funded by the Home Office.
Mentoring and diversion reduced violence by 21%, reoffending by 19% and all offending by 14%, the study found. The best results were achieved when the mentoring was carried out by counsellors rather than teachers or police officers.
Hotspot policing, where officers stage high-visibility patrols, cut violence by 14% and drug offences by 30%. The study by the YEF examined research from around the world on each of the anti-violence tactics.
Stop and search achieved a 5% cut in violence in England and Wales, the study found, though in the US the reduction was 13%.
Has it worked in Scotland?
According to Public Health Scotland but not being covered in ‘our’ media, there were 21 homicides as a result of an assault with a sharp object in 2021/2022.
In the same period, there were 282 cases in England & Wales.
All things being equal, with 11 times the population, England & Wales might have been expected to have had 231 cases but had 51 more or 22% more.
Sources:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/978830/knife-homicides-in-england-and-wales/
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
This lady could really be speaking about Scotland,have a
listen.https://x.com/AfricanHub_/status/1825907938461966568
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I once had the misfortune to watch SKY News paper review.
In one newspaper there was a story on Knife crime in England.
Both of the guests who, as contributors, were reviewing the papers said they were at loss to think of a solution as to how there could be any way to decrease knife crime and thus the resulting deaths from knife crime in England, and the SKY News presenter concurred with them.
Not once did they, or the SKY News presenter, mention the initiative happening in Scotland that has decreased knife crime and knife deaths here.
Either both (and also the presenter) were oblivious to this fact or if they were aware of it as an initiative in Scotland then they were determined not to highlight it as then it would be seen as a positive for Scotland , which it seems is a huge NO NO for many who contribute their observations on politics etc on UK mainstream TV news channels.
Never can we , Scotland, be commended or ever be seen to be better than England via anything.
One reason for this is because most of the guests on many of these MSM TV news channels are either all English or are against Scottish independence so they are loathed to applaud Scotland for anything as this then may, they think, instil some pride or some confidence in more Scots in their country (Scotland).
Trust me that is how petty some of them really are.
However this article has proven that eventually some in England realise it is a good idea to also do something that has shown positive results in Scotland in that it has actually proved to be effective in decreasing Knife violence and also deaths here.
Though if these same SKY News paper review guests get wind of this then they will commend only those areas in England who have decided to trial this as a pilot project and not even mention any connection with Scotland !
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