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violent females  

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  • In January 2006, a 14-year-old White girl burned down her family's home in Paris, Texas, and received probation. Three months later, a 15-year-old Black girl, Shaquanda Cotton, was sentenced to 7 years for pushing a school hall monitor. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Violent Females]

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