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Female gangs ‘as violent as males’

Girls in Scotland are using weapons and can be as violent and territorial as their male counterparts, groundbreaking new research has revealed.

Of a group of women interviewed in prison for a new study, almost all of them were involved in violence, including gang fights, and regarded “traditional” female fighting techniques such as hair-pulling or scratching, with contempt.