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Dec102018 by Zhenyi LuNo Comments

Greenwich stabbing: Why are the young carrying knives nowadays?

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan today announced a £600,000 grant from website to help charities tackle youth violence, shortly after an 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a flat in Greenwich town centre last Saturday. Due to the reduction of the police force? According to the statistics released by the Office for National Statistics, knife crime has surged by 16 per cent in the UK, compared with figure 12 months earlier. Figures from Metropolitan Police showed so far there have been at least 128 violent deaths in London, up from 116 in early 2018. The total of 14,987 knife crimes is among a high of 25,0287 violent offences recorded. Source: Metropolitan Police Cressida Dick, the head of Metropolitan Police, said early this year in a hearing that a whole series of social issues contrib

Dec32018 by Jiali LiNo Comments

Action Fraud responses to Police Foundation’s Report

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Action Fraud, the central reporting hub of the City of London Police, responses to the report on policing of fraud by Police Foundation on 11:45 today, saying that “we will consider the recommendations and agree that more can be done to improve the response to fraud in a number of ways”. According to the report released in December 2018 by Police Foundation, fraud makes up 31 per cent of all crime in England and Wales, with 3.24 million fraud offences estimated to have taken place in the year to March 2018. Meanwhile, there are more than half of investigations do not result in a conviction after the crime is reported and 28% of investigations are closed within a month. More than one-third of victims reported that the impact on them was severe or significant. Among the victims,

Dec32018 by Zhenyi LuNo Comments

Psychology of hate crime bystanders: Indifference or self-protection?

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Onlookers “filmed on phones”, while a South Korean student was undertaking an alleged racist attack on London Oxford Street. Yeon Jeong Lee, 22, a student at the university in Canterbury, was beaten by up to 10 thugs while she was doing shopping in central London. What she felt disappointed was the reaction of the passers-by. “It was only two people who were trying to help me out and the rest would just be filming the scene ”, she said. She also mentioned the slow reaction of the police: "I filed the case over the phone, but they kept repeating the same response and didn’t show up". Source: Change.org Link: https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-raise-the-awareness-of-hate-crime-in-oxford-street Psychology of passers-by Why in this case few people are willing to help? What's

Dec32018 by Radwa El AttarNo Comments

M16 chief calls for a new era spying

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The head of MI6 has warned Russia and other rogue states to not underestimate the UK's determination and capabilities. Alex Younger called for a new era of spying amid emerging threats. Speaking to students at the University of St Andrews, Younger warned of threats from enemies who regard themselves as being in a state of "perpetual confrontation" with the UK and describe how intelligence agencies are developing a "fourth generation" of spying. The UK has been facing a major increase in the number of cybercrimes in the past year according to the annual report of the National Cyber Security Centre. Alex Younger's speech comes after a shameless and daring attack on a retired double agent in England stoked fears about Russian covert activity abroad. In his second major speech s...

Nov132017 by Star TangNo Comments

Is knife crime out of control in London?

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Jason Isaacs, 18, was going to a party in Northolt on 18 November, but was found critically injured and died from his multiple stab wounds three days later. This shocking knife attack is just one of a number of incidents in London this year. With 35 under-25 deaths on record according to the Guardian, 2017 is the worst year for fatal stabbings of young people in nearly a decade in the UK. Why knife crime is on the rise in a big way like an epidemic? “Violence breeds violence,” said Patrick Green, CEO of the Ben Kinsella Trust in London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXUMx6WeeQ Patrick says more and more young people carry knives for fear of being attacked. But what results in fear? XLP spokesperson, Naomi Allen said: “Many young people are growing up in (tough) environments, w