Are our girls getting more violent?

Thursday, 15 May 2008
By Dominic Casciani
BBC News

The number of crimes committed by girls has jumped by a quarter over three years, figures show - so is there something to be worried about?

Ten years ago there was a spate of headlines warning that so-called "girl crime" was on the march - that girls were becoming violent and guilty of anti-social behaviour.

That was before "anti-social behaviour" was a phrase as commonplace as cheap lager in the hands of street corner yobs.

Now, in May 2008, fresh figures on offending show another stark increase - in percentage terms at least - in the number of crimes committed by young girls. the rest