"MCP" <gf010w5035@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7401826.stm
>
> The number of crimes committed by girls in England and Wales has gone up
> by 25%
> in three years, according to figures.
>
> The Youth Justice Board says girls committed 59,000 offences in 2006-07
-
> up
> 12,000 on 2003-4 but still far less crime than that committed by boys.
Practically all teenage boy crime is incited by females. In all boys
schools
there is very rarely any fights but when you put them in with females
there's a lot of trouble. Now why is that? Hmmmm
>
> There were significant increases in minor assaults, robberies, public
> order
> offences and criminal damage.
>
> Overall, there has been a 2% reduction in crimes committed by boys over
> the same
> period, the statistics show.
>
> The total number of offences by those aged between 10 and 17 which led
to
> police
> or court action was just over 295,000 - down from more than 301,000 in
> 2005-06,
> but still higher than three years ago.
>
> The vast majority of such crime is carried out by boys rather than
girls.
>
> However, the latest figures on offences resulting in a police warning or
> court
> sanction confirm a continuing long-term trend of increasing criminality
> among
> girls.
>
> The board, which is responsible for overseeing juvenile offenders in
> England and
> Wales, says it has now commissioned a study to work out if there are any
> specific factors to blame for the rise in crime from girls and what can
be
> done
> to tackle offending.
>
> Its initial findings suggest the increase is partly down to a rise in
the
> total
> number of girls of that age, coupled with the police being more willing
to
> take
> action against girls accused of less serious crimes such as school
fights.
>
> But there may also be a link between female violent offending and
teenage
> drinking.
>
> Offending rates
>
> The board said the rise in the total number of offences on three years
ago
> was
> partly down to police targets.
>
> It said it had had some success with preventative schemes, seeing a 4%
> fall in
> the number of juveniles being brought before the criminal justice system
> compared with the previous year.
>
> Special programmes to target boys and girls most at risk of becoming
> offenders
> had seen a 65% drop in arrests.
>
> The re****t also reveals there has been an 85% increase in the use of
> tagging for
> juvenile offenders over the past four years, while an average of 2,900
> under-18s
> were being held in custody each day.
>
> Overall, almost four out of 10 juveniles who offended in 2005 went on to
> break
> the law again.
>
> Reoffending rates were highest among those who had a custodial sentence
-
> 64%.
>
> In contrast, 75% of those dealt with before reaching the courtroom, such
> as with
> an official final warning, did not reoffend.
>
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