TY - JOUR JF - Crime & Delinquency PB - SAGE Publications A1 - Skarlatidou, Artemis A1 - Lina, Ludwig A1 - Reka, Solymosi A1 - Ben, Bradford VL - 69 N1 - © 2022 by SAGE Publication. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). SP - 943 N2 - We explore young people?s experiences and perceptions of knife crime, and we compare these to the understanding of police experts, to explore the perceptions shaping trust in the police and policing. We carry out an experience sampling survey deployed using a mobile application reflecting on safety and knife crime, to understand young people?s daily lived experiences. We then use the mental models approach to interview young people and police experts and construct a shared mental model which identifies mismatches between the two groups and key areas of discord related to breakdown of trust and communication. We identify gaps, misconceptions and expectations for re-establishing trust and propose strategies to tackle knife crime and improve trust between young people and the police. IS - 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00111287211029873 ID - discovery10148313 EP - 970 Y1 - 2023/05// TI - Understanding Knife Crime and Trust in Police with Young People in East London AV - public ER -