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10 True or False questions during one of our knife crime awareness campaign events

1. It is an offence to carry a knife in public:

True {x} or False { }?

2. Carrying a knife in public is an offence ONLY if you have it in your hand, NOT in your pocket, boot of your car or if someone else is carrying it for you:

True { } or False {x}?

3. Carrying a knife as part of your job such as a tool for a trade is an offence:

True or { } False {x}?

4. It is an offence to use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife):

True {x} False { }

5. It is an offence to sell a knife to anyone under 18:

True {x} or False { }?


6. Police have the right to stop and search anyone they suspect is carrying a knife:

True {x} or False { }?

7. You cannot be charged if you use a knife in self-defense:

True { } or False {x}?

8. You can go to prison for up to 4 years if you get caught with a knife even if you have no intention of using it:

True {x} or False { }?

9. You could be prosecuted and sent to prison even if you did not commit the crime if

someone is injured or killed in your presence (known as joint enterprise):

True {x} False { }?

10. Alcohol can increase the chances that you will take risks:

True {x} or False { }?

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