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1 in 4 teenage girls involved in violence

WASHINGTON – About one in four female teens is involved in some sort of violent behavior at school or at work, according to a government report.

A survey of more than 33,000 girls aged 12 to 17 found that 26.7 percent had been involved in a serious fight at school or work, a group-against-group fight or had attacked someone with the intent to harm the person in the previous year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported Thursday.

“In the public mind, acts of teenage violence are most commonly associated with boys,” the report observed, but “it is clear that the problem is pervasive among girls as well.”

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