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Ladies first

The rise in knife possession by women and girls is directly linked to gang culture and the peer pressure employed by gangs to trap girls into crime.

Girls are useful to gangs as they are less likely to be stopped and searched by the police. Female criminals’ ability to evade the police is a key motivating factor for gangs to use them as couriers for knives, guns, and drugs.


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