Girls and Violance

Title: Girls and Violance
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1425 | Pages: 6.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

Girls and Violance

Girls and Violence Youth violence, and particularly violence carried out by girls, with an ever-increasing number of girls portrayed as carrying guns in their mouths and participating in violent crime. Although the percentage of girls’ involvement in delinquency and crime has increased in the last two decades, it is still far below the level of boys’ involvement, and it differs quite significantly. An understanding of the extent of girls’ delinquency can be gleaned from statistics, …showed first 75 words of 1425 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1425 total…as substance abuse, sexual and physical abuse, and gang involvement. There are also local programs whose effectiveness results from customization for the local female population. Finally, because male violence and aggression against young women are often a factor in female delinquency and violence, separate programs need to be developed for aggressive and violent men and boys. This would minimize the risk of female victimization and, in turn, reduce the risk of girls' participation in violence.

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