George Bernard Shaw once remarked that "England and America are two countries separated by a common language."

Violence including knife crime, is a major public health concern - it affects many peoples’ lives each year, through death, injury, and detrimental impacts on physical and mental health.

“It has never been the rule in this country — I hope it never will be — that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution”. 

January, MTCT hosted a Diversion Summit at the QEII centre in Westminster...

We will never stop saying young people need youth work...

Robert was 16-years-old when his older cousin, Grease, recruited him to work his county line, selling drugs. Grease’s original sales pitch was £500 to visit him in A-Town for a week...

Ep16: Why can't police solve more crime?

Ep 15: Out of court, out of mind?

The hardest part about stabbing someone is to get the knife past the skin. After that there’s no stopping it. It slips through the thin layer of fat, the muscle and – unless it hits bone – just keeps going.

Since the 1980's, poor discipline and unruly pupil behaviour within schools has become a prominent public and political issue in England and Wales.

Many years ago whilst serving as a police officer I was called to investigate a serious assault in a small, quiet village.

When my younger son Dan was sixteen he asked if he could go to a party that evening with friends. He never came back.