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ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS <br />Almost half of all students admit to physically aggressive <br />beha%icrs during the precious year. one third acknowiedge at <br />least one act of vandalism. and one fourth have engaged in <br />shoplifting. <br />PhV5lcal aggression l Have !Jou hit or beat Up another <br />person?") tapers off among older students, but is much more <br />common among maies :han femaies. Vandaiism is more <br />prevalent among 9th graders than younger or older students, <br />and is approximate!y =^c' as common among--.a-!es as <br />females. More so than vandalism. shoplifting shows a sharp <br />increase from 6th to 9th grade. and similar proportions of <br />high school seniors and 9th graders acknowledge shopiifting. <br />Shoplifting is about i-1/' times as common among maies <br />females. <br />Maies are more likeiv than females m enjov risk -:akin;. <br />One third of 6th grade maies and almost haif of the males in <br />Oilier �raues da1C t:!tr"� Qet a , 1C., ) it of - Ing iilliV>_ ::.a: �; <br />a iittle dangerous" compared with no more than one .port` <br />of rhe females n any ;grade. <br />Figure 3. RISK-TAKING <br />6th 91h 1� h <br />Grade Grade Grade <br />46% 48°v <br />32% <br />met a .c;: <br />out of" - <br />7 <br />dangerous <br />ngs .. t <br />Female Male Female Male Femaie Male <br />A; I�;SOC.1AL 3E": ,A=; :0 <br />� PAST �!�An <br />6th <br />9th <br />12)th <br />Grade <br />Grade <br />Grade <br />65% <br />59% <br />39°0 <br />35% <br />40% <br />- <br />Physical <br />acgres3ion <br />Female Male <br />Female Male <br />Female Male <br />Vandalism <br />Shoolifting <br />40'0 <br />20% <br />cp <br />remaie Male <br />i7 <br />Rhe ' <br />�^W .. <br />Female Mziie <br />C 20? <br />29°a <br />Female Maie <br />24;'° qrp <br />t <br />�srr.aie !Hale <br />47°a <br />20°'° <br />emaie 'tail <br />0 <br />23% <br />