General Article #LifeorKnife - the consequences

Topic Selected: Youth Violence Book Volume: 430

Knife crime can lead to yourself or someone else being seriously injured or even killed. However, the effects of knife crime can be far more widespread. Someone doesn’t even have to be injured!

Getting caught or committing a serious crime

You can receive a four-year prison sentence just for carrying a weapon, and that’s without even intending to use it.

You can receive a permanent criminal record, and if you hurt someone you could go to prison for even longer.

Carrying a knife for protection ...

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