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Women and Crime
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WOMEN AND CRIME A consistent feature of the statistics, not only in England and Wales but across Europe and America, is that far fewer women are convicted of crime than men - a fact which has changed little over the years. Female offenders also show a different pattern of offending being less involved in violent offences and proportionately more involved in theft. In general most now accept that girls and women do commit fewer offences than boys. GENDER AND PATTERNS OF CRIME Writing in 1977 Carol Smart stated: Our knowledge is still in its infancy. In comparison with the massive documentation on all aspects of male delinquency and criminality, the amount of work carried out on the area of women and crime is extremely limited. Although the years since Smart's study have seen much more interest in the study of female crime and deviance, many general theories in this area continue to neglect gender as...
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