The Department of Health, in its latest statistics, has revealed that almost 14,000 Britons were admitted to hospital with knife injuries last year i.e an average of 38 victims of knife wounds are admitted to accident and emergency departments across the country every day! This is a drastic increase in the numbers while compared to previous years' records.
An analysis of hospital admissions data for England and Wales reveals that assaults and injuries from knives and sharp implements, together with sword and dagger injuries, resulted in 12,340 people being admitted last year - 446 of whom were no older than 14. This is an increase of 19 per cent on the 10,372 admissions five years ago. The latest figures from Northern Ireland and Scotland bring the total number of victims in Britain to 13,795 each year.
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Knife crimes could be spiraling out of control in the UK, it is feared. At least three have been stabbed in the last three days, two fatally and one is critical.
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New figures highlight how the number of people being prosecuted by magistrates for possessing knives has rocketed up from the 4,489 in 1997, the year Labour came to power, to 7,699 in 2006.
Most were not jailed, with just 14 per cent ending up in prison for little more than three months on average. Suspended sentences leapt from nine in 1997 to 552 in 2006.
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A report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College appears to confirm that knife crime "suffers from a lack of research on the nature, extent, cause, motivation, frequency and possible growth of knife carrying".
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US Teens Charged With Gang Raping a Woman
Two US teenagers have been charged with raping a mother, forcing her 12-year-old son to join them in the attack, then beating him and pouring cleaning solution into his eyes.
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Hundreds of people were due to attend a rally at Islington, north London, today where one of the most recent victims, 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, was stabbed to death last Sunday.
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British parents are buying stab-proof school uniforms to protect their children against knife crimes.
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ACPO also wants hospitals to notify police of all patients with stab wounds, in the same way that they do with gunshot victims. The police now want to use hospital records to identify knife-crime hotspots.
However, campaigners against knife attackers have called for tougher action, as they are not impressed by the Metropolitan Police Force's announcement on Friday that just 75 officers - a fraction of its 30,000 strength - will run a new taskforce against knife crime across London's 32 boroughs.
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