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Abstract:
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Little attention has been paid to the criminal behaviors of women,
compared to the attention that men receive, which may be a result of people’s
preconceived notions about women and crime. Although it appears that fewer
women commit crimes than men, as a result of the arrests rates, researchers still
wonder if this is true. So, the questions posed here are, do women really commit
crime at a less frequent rate than men? Why do women commit the crimes that
they commit? And why are there disparities in the treatment of men and women
in our justice system. After analyzing these social factors and applying the
different theories and perspectives to female criminality, the findings suggest that
women commit the particular crimes that they commit because of the negative
life events they experience and the high levels of strain in their lives. Fewer
women than men are arrested and punished for committing crimes as a result of
chivalry and paternalism. But although the statistics suggest that women do not
commit crime in the manner or frequency that men do, the findings suggest
another story. |
