I truly believe we have grown far too tolerant of murder. I get sick when I hear someone killed a twenty year old and got sentenced to ten years in prison. At the very LEAST the sentence should be at least the number of years they stole from their victim, by life expectancy tables.
Unfortunately, it is the way it is in this modern world. However, considering how many people walked those streets and didn't get stabbed, the percentage of victims must be very low. Mind you, that is of little comfort to their families, I know.
@pennynoodles I just feel so sorry for those families , parents and loved ones who get that awful knock on the door. One death is too many and if it continues to be an every day occurance the urgency for society to intervene will be lost.
Not sure about the absent fathers bit. Peer group pressure provides role models but sadly they're all negative ones. The culture of knife crime has been there for at least thirty years now.