Edinburgh Study Newspaper Clippings Archive Click on a year to access news items:  2006; 2005; 2004; 2003; 2002; 2001 2006 05 February: The Sunday Herald. Revealed: McConnell's 'flawed' youth crime policy will create more criminals. 2005 18 October: The Herald. Teen gang link to substance abuse. 13 October: The Herald. Middle-class drug users 'off the radar'. 12 October: Edinburgh Evening News. Fifth of City's 13-year-olds in gangs. 12 October: Edinburgh Evening News. Accepting gangs fails to address the alarm they can cause. 23 September: Times Educational Supplement. Silence of the abuse seekers. 21 May: The Scotsman. Scots teenage girls Europe's worst for inflicting self-harm. 2004 16 August: Daily Record. Girls top truancy league. 16 August: Courier. Girls lead in teenage truancy. 16 August: The Sun. School's out, girls. 16 August, Daily Express. Girl truants drifting into life of crime. 16 August, Daily Mail. Girls 'more likely to be truants and petty criminals'. 16 August, Daily Mirror. Girl thugs rule roost. 16 August, Press & Journal. Teenage girls more likely to truant than boys, says study. 16 August, Times. Girls lead truancy rate. 16 August, BBC News. Can criminals' children be saved? 15 August: Sunday Times. Truanting girls lead crime wave. 15 August: BBC News. Girls are more likely to truant. 2003 28 March: Edinburgh Evening News. 25% of 15-year olds drink in city's pubs. 18 February: Daily Mail. Teenage girls intoxicated by the 'ladette culture' craze. 2002 29 September: Scotland on Sunday. Scotland's schoolgirls armed and dangerous. 12 May: Sunday Times Scotland. One in 10 Scots teenage boys is cruel to pets. 15 February: Edinburgh Evening News. The strife and crimes of youth. 2001 6 May: Scotland on Sunday. Unlucky 13 for girls behaving badly.