Assess sociological explanations of the different crime rates of men and women.

... Assess sociological explanations of the different crime rates of men and women. Whilst men are not convicted more often than women for all types of crime (e.g. women are more likely to shop lift), in general, an analysis of crime statistics shows that men are convicted of crime far more often than women, and this trend is apparent across all ages, ethnicities, social classes and regions of the UK. For instance, women only make up 6% of the prison population, and in 2001, 167 per 10,000 of the male population were found guilty or cautioned for an offence compared to 3.7 per 10,000 of the female population. Indeed, these statistics do not always give an accurate picture of which gender is more likely to commit crimes, but self-report studies, too, show a noticeable difference between offending levels of males and females. Sociologists and criminologists have tried to explain just why

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