Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in 1993. His mother, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, warned about the risks of criminalising childrenStephen Lawrence’s mother has criticised government plans to create knife crime prevention orders, warning that they would criminalise children. Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, whose son was stabbed to death in a racially motivated attack in Eltham in southeast London in 1993, when he was 18, said there were better ways to deal with knife crime. Her criticism of the proposed knife crime prevention orders, loosely based on antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos), has been echoed by charities working with young people. They warn in a letter published in The Times today that the prevention orders will be a “back door” to prison…

Source: The Times February 06, 2019 00:04 UTC