England: Zahl der gewalttätigen Komasäuferinnen um 300 Prozent zugenommen

Violent attacks by binge-drinking teenage girls have risen by nearly 300 per cent in seven years in a frightening wave of ‘ladette’ violence. And while more and more teenage girls are going on the rampage, criminal behaviour by teenage boys is on the decrease.

The extraordinary turnaround in teenage lawlessness emerges in figures that have been obtained by the highly respected Youth Justice Board. It claims that new research suggests the number of violent offences against the person carried out by girls aged between ten and 17 has increased from 6,000 in 2001 to almost 23,000 last year. (...)

If the trends were to continue, the number of crimes by teenage girls could catch up with their male counterparts in four to five years.

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