Question: How common is the mean girl trend?
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Answer: It is a growing trend that doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Federal statistics show:
In 1990 one in 50 juvenile arrests for all crimes is a girl. In 2003 one in three juvenile arrests for violent crimes is a girl. Twenty years ago roughly ten boys were arrested for assault for every one girl. That ratio is now four to one. From 1992 to 2003, the most recent year for which complete figures are available in the Justice Department’s Uniform Crime Report, the number of girls who were arrested on all charges increased by 6.4 percent, compared with a decline among boys of 16.4 percent. From 1992 to 2003, arrests of girls nationwide rose 41 percent, as opposed to a 4.3 percent rise among boys.
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