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Is there sufficient scope within the criminal justice process to take into account the particular needs of female offenders? It has often been asserted that female crime remained a relatively neglected topic until recently. The rapid expansion of women's studies in the 1970s led to an enormous increase in the literature on female crime because of the recognition that female offenders are of exceptional criminological and psychiatric interest. Despite this, certain trends and patterns in female criminality as compared with male have long been observed. In summary these are:- a) that women commit a small share of all crimes; b) that their crimes are fewer, less serious, more rarely professional and less likely to be repeated; c) in consequence, women are represented in very small numbers in penal establishments. Women and Policing The culture of police agencies is said to be based on macho values stressing aggression, sexism, racism and giving status to serious crime work leading to differing views...

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