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Newspaper articles

Compiled by Susan A. Batchelor

Alfred, J. (1996) 'Violent young women "are obeying their instincts"' in The Guardian, 13 September.

Beaton, C. (1996) 'The Bitches from Hell' in The Daily Record, 17 May.

Carroll, R. (1998) 'Gangs put boot into old ideas of femininity' in The Guardian. 22 July.

Cantacuzino, M. (1998) 'Deadlier than the Male' in The Guardian, 7 October.

Chaudhuri, A (2000) 'Twisted sisters' in The Guardian, 15 August.

Doyle, D. (1997) 'Girl "said she will never be sorry for killing"' in The Scotsman, 28 February.

Douglas-Home, C. (1996) 'A rare killer instinct that is becoming an everyday danger to femty' in The Daily Mail, 18 November.

Ellen, B. (2002) 'Why you can't beat a Beta' in The Observer, 10 March.

Fowler, R. (1999) 'When Girl Power packs a punch' in The Guardian, 12 July.

Finlay, D. (1996) 'Torture gang teenager gets 11 years' in The Scotsman, 7 June.

Hall, C. (1998) 'New tactic is needed to stop girl bullies ' in The Daily Telegraph, 2 October.

Hill, A.and Helmore, E. (2002) 'Mean girls' in The Observer, 3 March.

Johnston, L. (1996) 'Violent women: It's a dangerous myth' in The Observer, 17 November.

Johnston, P. (1998) 'Girls are turning to violent crime' in The Daily Telegraph, 16 October.

Kibby, L. (1999) 'Scottish girls leave out the sugar and spice as violent crimes rise' in The Express, 30 March.

Kirsta, A. (2000) 'In the Next Ten Seconds the Woman Walking Past is Going to either… A. Catch a Bus, B. Meet a Friend, C. Violently Attack you and Steal your Credit Cards' in Nova, July 2000. [MAGAZINE ARTICLE]

Kingsley, H. (1996) 'Spat at, punched and publicly humiliated...this is the everyday life for victims of girl bullies' in The Express, 5 December.

Knowsley, J. (1996) 'Girl gangs rival boys in battle to rule the streets' in The Sunday Telegraph, 5 May.

Lacey, H. (2002) 'If you ask me: My daughter's year nine class is dominated by a clique of four or five girls' in The Guardian, 26 February.

Lambert, A.(2001) 'Is this what we meant by feminism?' in The Independent, 1 March.

Lawson, T. (1996) 'Who could do this to a woman of 82?' in The Daily Mail, 12 November.

Mahoney, E. (1998) 'Resorting to violence isn't just a guy thing anymore' in The Scotsman, 10 September.

Mills, E. (1995) 'Gentle sex indulges in thrill-seeking violence' in The Observer, 24 September.

Mills, E. (1996) 'When they are bad, they are very, very bad' in The Observer, 5 May.

Mitchell, V. (2000) 'What turned this innocent young schoolgirl into murderer?' in The Daily Mail, 10 March.

Morrison, M. (1996) 'Rising tide of female violence' in The Daily Mail, 12 November.

Naysmith, S. (2002) 'Alarming increase in number of girl bullies' in The Sunday Herald, 5 May.

Peters, N. (1997) 'Gun-toting girl gans stake claim to America's streets' in The Sunday Times, 5 January.

Pook, S. (2001) 'Girl, 18, guilty of towpath rape' in The Daily Telegraph, 17 March.

Prentice, E. (2000) 'Dark Side of Girl Power' in The Times, 22 November.

Rew, K. (2000) 'Rage concern: Why are women so angry?' in Zest, June. [MAGAZINE ARTICLE]

Savill, P. (2002) 'Police use CS spray to arrest 11-year-old girl' in The Daily Telegraph, 6 April.

Stephen, C. (1999) 'Girl Gangs Roam in Portlethen' in The Northern Leader, 21 May.

Stokes, P. (2002) 'Girl mugger, 13, confounds police' in The Telegraph, 2 February.

Talbot, M. (2002) 'Nasty, nasty girls' in The Guardian, 4 March.

Taylor, K. (1997) 'All things nice?' in The Guardian, 08 November. [LETTER TO THE EDITOR]

Thompson, T. (2001) 'Girls lead the pack in new gangland violence' in The Observer, 15 April.

Travis, A. (1998) 'Girl crime rises but claims about gangs 'are fiction'' in The Guardian, 16 October.

Wallace, M. (1999) 'The sock 'er girls' in The Sun, 6 May.

Webster, P. (2002) 'Teenage girl torturers shock nation: Schoolmate left for dead because she was "too pretty"' in The Observer, 24 March.

Whitehorn, K. (1996) 'What little girls are really made of...' in The Observer, 4 February.

Woods, J. (2001) 'Under supervision: the girl guilty of GBH' in The Daily Telegraph, 10 May.


For further information about press coverage of the 'View from the Girls' study, see Batchelor, S. (2001) 'The Myth of Girl Gangs' in Criminal Justice Matters 43: 26-27.

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Compiled by Susan A. Batchelor. Last updated 7 May, 2002