Politics & Government

Intensity of Girls’ Cyberbullying Worries New Trier Township

The cases that have come before the New Trier Township Peer Jury are described as 'vicious.'

Though girls make up the vast minority of teens appearing before the New Trier Township Peer Jury, the severity of their cyberbullying crimes has officials worried, according to an article in TribLocal.

Last year, 27 boys and 8 girls appeared before the peer jury, but the girls’ cyberbullying offenses were among the worst cases, according to an interview in TribLocal with Brian Leverenz, New Trier Township’s community service administrator. “It’s just vicious,” he said in the article.

You can read the full TribLocal story here.

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