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| Action plan targets knife crime | Action plan targets knife crime |
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| Police are to get airport style metal detectors in a crackdown on knife crime in England and Wales being launched by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. | Police are to get airport style metal detectors in a crackdown on knife crime in England and Wales being launched by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. |
| The Tackling Violence Action Plan will also include new measures to fight guns, gangs, binge drinking and rape. | The Tackling Violence Action Plan will also include new measures to fight guns, gangs, binge drinking and rape. |
| It comes amid concern about alcohol fuelled trouble, as well as an increase in the use of knives, linked to 258 deaths in 2006-7 up from 219 in 2005-6. | It comes amid concern about alcohol fuelled trouble, as well as an increase in the use of knives, linked to 258 deaths in 2006-7 up from 219 in 2005-6. |
| But the Tories said the move was an exercise in "papering over the cracks". | But the Tories said the move was an exercise in "papering over the cracks". |
| Under the plans, those found carrying a knife are likely to be prosecuted and tougher sentences imposed for knife crime. | Under the plans, those found carrying a knife are likely to be prosecuted and tougher sentences imposed for knife crime. |
| Police, probation and local authorities will be expected to identify and share information about people who are at risk of committing violent crimes. | Police, probation and local authorities will be expected to identify and share information about people who are at risk of committing violent crimes. |
| Paedophile convictions | Paedophile convictions |
| Police will be given 110 portable knife arches and 400 search wants that are understood to be small enough to fit in the back of a police car and be taken to pubs, clubs, schools or wherever they are needed. | Police will be given 110 portable knife arches and 400 search wants that are understood to be small enough to fit in the back of a police car and be taken to pubs, clubs, schools or wherever they are needed. |
| There will also be a £1m awareness campaign that will seek to convince young people who carry a knife for safety, that it actually increases their risk of being a stabbing victim. | There will also be a £1m awareness campaign that will seek to convince young people who carry a knife for safety, that it actually increases their risk of being a stabbing victim. |
| We are determined not to let violent offenders get away with wrecking lives by stopping them committing crimes in the first place Jacqui SmithHome Secretary class="" href="/1/hi/uk_politics/7250438.stm">Key points: Crime action plan | |
| The number of Sexual Assault Referral Centres for victims of sexual violence will be increased from 19 to 48 to cover every part of the country. | The number of Sexual Assault Referral Centres for victims of sexual violence will be increased from 19 to 48 to cover every part of the country. |
| In the police force areas of Cleveland, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire and Warwickshire, a pilot scheme will allow parents to check whether people with unsupervised contact with their children have paedophile convictions. | In the police force areas of Cleveland, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire and Warwickshire, a pilot scheme will allow parents to check whether people with unsupervised contact with their children have paedophile convictions. |
| The action plan will also aim to build on a recent drive to clamp down on the sale of alcohol to under-18s. | The action plan will also aim to build on a recent drive to clamp down on the sale of alcohol to under-18s. |
| The Home Office said that although just 1% of crime involves serious violence, alcohol is a factor in almost half of all violent incidents. | The Home Office said that although just 1% of crime involves serious violence, alcohol is a factor in almost half of all violent incidents. |
| 'Terrible suffering' | 'Terrible suffering' |
| Ms Smith said: "Every shooting or stabbing, every rape, every child sexually abused, every case of someone suffering domestic violence is one too many. | Ms Smith said: "Every shooting or stabbing, every rape, every child sexually abused, every case of someone suffering domestic violence is one too many. |
| "Serious violent crime accounts for 1% of all crime, but where it does occur, it devastates lives, blights communities with fear and causes terrible suffering not just for victims but for their families and friends as well. | "Serious violent crime accounts for 1% of all crime, but where it does occur, it devastates lives, blights communities with fear and causes terrible suffering not just for victims but for their families and friends as well. |
| "We are determined not to let violent offenders get away with wrecking lives by stopping them committing crimes in the first place. | "We are determined not to let violent offenders get away with wrecking lives by stopping them committing crimes in the first place. |
| "That is why I am today pledging that by 2011, we will have reduced serious violent crime, including gun and gang-related violence, knife crime, sexual and domestic violence and improved the criminal justice response to these offences." | "That is why I am today pledging that by 2011, we will have reduced serious violent crime, including gun and gang-related violence, knife crime, sexual and domestic violence and improved the criminal justice response to these offences." |
| The government has utterly failed to take the kind of decisive - and sustained - action needed to clamp down on knife crime David DavisShadow home secretary | The government has utterly failed to take the kind of decisive - and sustained - action needed to clamp down on knife crime David DavisShadow home secretary |
| Another major plank in the strategy will be an expectation on police, probation and local authorities to identify and pool information about people considered at risk of offending. | Another major plank in the strategy will be an expectation on police, probation and local authorities to identify and pool information about people considered at risk of offending. |
| The initiative will extend a system already in place in about 100 areas aimed at tackling domestic violence. | The initiative will extend a system already in place in about 100 areas aimed at tackling domestic violence. |
| The arrangements are to be extended across England and Wales, and will focus on other types of violence and perpetrators as well as victims. | The arrangements are to be extended across England and Wales, and will focus on other types of violence and perpetrators as well as victims. |
| In future, there will be an obligation on officials to pass on information about people who are involved, for example, in gangs, in order to intervene early. | In future, there will be an obligation on officials to pass on information about people who are involved, for example, in gangs, in order to intervene early. |
| But Tory shadow home secretary David Davis said: "I welcome any practical measure to curb the appalling rise of knife crime. | But Tory shadow home secretary David Davis said: "I welcome any practical measure to curb the appalling rise of knife crime. |
| "But fatal stabbings have increased by over a quarter under Labour, and the government has utterly failed to take the kind of decisive - and sustained - action needed to clamp down on knife crime." | "But fatal stabbings have increased by over a quarter under Labour, and the government has utterly failed to take the kind of decisive - and sustained - action needed to clamp down on knife crime." |