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knife crime & county lines

  • What is knife crime?
  • What is county lines?
  • What is the scale of the problem?
  • How does it impact children ,young people, families and communities?
  • How can you protect yourself and others?

What will be covered in this session?

What do you already know about knife crime?

Are these good reasons to carry a knife?

1. It makes them feel tough2. They believe it earns respect3. Street credibility4. They believe it protects them from others

Why do young people carry knives?

Stop at 5:02

There are no good reasons for carrying a knife...

https://www.fightingknifecrime.london/videos/knife-crime-reality

Having a criminal record could stop you gaining entry into your chosen college/university, getting a job and place restrictions on getting into countries like the United States of America.

Consequences

Stop and search

Joint Enterprise

Real life experience

The ripple effect is like a brick being dropped into a pond. The brick hitting the water acts as the main incident. From the brick entering the water, this causes ripples, which grow and grow over time. This represents the effects that a knife or gun crime incident can have over a period of time, on all people surrounding the victim.

Ripple effect...

Victims of knife crime and their families

Additional video

What do you already know about county lines?

Terminology

Organised crime groups use social media to endorse and advertise drugs, promoting a superficially glamorous gangster lifestyle. Encrypted platforms can hide illegal activity. However, this activity might operate in plain sight by using hashtags and emojis as code for drug, violence and sexual activities. Children learn the ‘language’ then know how to easily purchase drugs. OCGs might use automated chatbots to engage with children but are more likely to use real accounts operated on behalf of the OCG. Groomers find contacting children this way fairly easy. In this way, they can contact large numbers of children at a minimal cost.

Trap House or Bando A building used as a base from where drugs are sold (or sometimes manufactured). These houses usually are occupied by someone (usually adult drug users but sometimes young people are forced to stay in trap houses).

  • School's police officer
  • Trusted adult
  • Teacher
  • Pastoral lead
  • Head of year

Where can you go for support?

Crimestoppers