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Public health and knife crime
Is stop and search a deterrent?
BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2122 (Published 16 May 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k2122
- John Bradley, NHS principal public health practitioner
- Powys Public Health Team, Public Health Wales, Bronllys Hospital, Bronllys LD3 0LU, UK
- john.bradley{at}wales.nhs.uk
Torjesen says that Scotland was successful in reducing knife crime by adopting a public health approach and not by an increase in enforcement activity and resources.1
The debate about the …
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