Initial Sketchbook drawings

As a starting point to mt practical work I have responded to my initial research with small sketchbook drawings.

My research has been focused on knife crime in the UK, particularly in London. I am particularly interested in details of information about individuals. For example, the ages of the first 100 people to be killed from stabbing in London in 2019. I have responded to this information by playing with different ways of presenting it.

Marker pen sketch of knife and hearts

Fine liner sketch of knife and hearts.

Idea for decorative lace knife

Marker pen sketch of gun. Response to work I have made previously.

Experimentation with display of information about the ages of victims

Experimentation with display of information about the ages of victims

Experimentation with display of information about the ages of victims

Knife Crime in the UK - beginnings of research.

BBC-

43,516 knife crime offences in 12 months, March 2019. (Stats not including Greater Manchester)

43 out of 44 polices forces recorded rise in knife crime.

Most commonly used for assault and robbery.

Least commonly used for attempted murder/homicide and rape/sexual assault - Not used for the purpose of killing but used as threats (assault) or to value the offender (robbery)

2017-18 285 killings, highest figure since 1946. Highest since the year following World War Two.

1 in 4 victims are men ages 18-24.

25% of victims were black.

Since 2010 police numbers have decreased by almost 20,000.

Telegraph-

Suffolk had the highest increase of crime in rural areas at 51% change in serious knife crime offences between 17/18 - 18/19.

Teenage Knife Wars - BBCThree

Nottingham

Eugene Bergan, 27, robbery attack, meters from front door.

25% spike in knife crime May 2015- May 2016 (city of Nottingham).

1 in 25 crimes in Nottingham involved a knife.

Nearly 100 10-17 year olds were caught with blades outside schools. - Nottingham Police.

"I feel like superman" - School boy carrying a knife

"It's either eat or be eaten"

"It's kill or be killed"

Youngest dealt with in hospital was 13/14.

Mostly drug/gang related.

"I didn't choose this, I was born in this."

Product of their environment.

10 teenagers killed in the first 9 weeks of 2019

ages: 14 17 16 16 19 19 18 18 17 17

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8104412/london-stabbings-2019-knife-crime-statistics/

Ages of those killed by stabbing in London 2019. 26th September 2019.

First 100 people.