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This report, commissioned by 11 MILLION from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies provides a detailed overview of what the highest quality research evidence tells us about gun and knife crime interventions for young people. As far as the evidence allows, it tells us what works. Equally importantly, it also identifies gaps in the evidence or where evidence is inconclusive. It includes evidence of where mentoring has been successful.

A full report on gun and knife crime specifically focused on solutions is shortly to be published.  It will draw on the findings of this research, a survey of the views of more than 1,700 children and young people, and the lived experiences of more than 100 children and young people from London, Merseyside, Manchester, Leicester and Birmingham and will set out the principles they would like to see adopted in order to reduce gun and knife crime. The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation are playing a part in the report by contributing in the area of the need for more robust evidence, and a call for further research into reducing gun and knife crime through interventions such as mentoring. More updates on the final report will appear on our website soon.

Download 'Young people, and gun and knife crime: a review of the evidence'