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London wants to treat violent crime like a disease

A Metropolitan Police representative arranges knives, seized in recent operations, for photographers after a news conference about knife crime, at New Scotland Yard, in central London on May 29, 2008.

After several years of decline, knife offences in England are on the rise again. Image: REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Alex Gray
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A forensic investigator recovers a knife after man was arrested on Whitehall in Westminster, central London, Britain, April 27, 2017 Image: REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Caption Dr Gary Slutkin talks to his team of violence interrupters. Image: Cure Violence
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