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    The homicide rate has risen from 6.8 per million of the population in 1965 to 14.1 per million in 1997. However the statistic only tells a part of the story. One university study estimates around 60 women a year are now murdered in 'so-called' honour killings. Knife crimes, and the surrounding knife culture has risen over the same period, reaching a peak in the mid 90's. Official estimates put the number of cases of knife crimes at 60,000 a year (in 2007) or 160 a day.
    In 'honour killings' there is usually a reluctance among the family to report such murders and a difficulty in gathering proof. Knife crimes are often misadventure and spur of the moment crimes and as such better control of the availability of such weapons could do more to reduce the figures rather than spurious and barbaric deterence. I still stand by my assertion that education and prevention is far more desirable, and probably far more effective, than more legalised killing.

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