Background: 在英國近幾個月來很多青少年成為了一些青少年持刀行兇犯罪的犧牲品。2008年6月英國首相戈登. 布朗號召起訴方對發現攜有兇器的青少年給予更嚴厲的處罰。

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Almost every week it seems another British teenager ends up dead as a result of a knife attack.

While official figures suggest violent crime overall is falling, more offences are being committed by youngsters, and injuries are getting more severe.

The government has already begun an advertising campaign to try to stop people carrying knives.

Now the prime minister, Gordon Brown, has said under 18s caught in possession should be prosecuted for a first offence instead of just let off with a warning.

The police are also being given extra funding to increase weapons' searches and education.

Critics say a zero tolerance approach will not solve the underlying problems, with young people often carrying knives to protect themselves.

But everyone agrees something has to be done to end what a senior judge has called an "epidemic" of knife crime .

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