Gender Differences In Crime

Research on females in crime have often been neglected and there are many stereotypes on this matter, however reliable data shows that woman engage in less criminal activity then their counter parts. Although statically woman engage in less criminal activity there are many theories and thoughts as to why they do so. Over the last 85+ years the participation of women in the work industry has increased by almost 200 percent and with this the US arrest data which covers property and violent crime statistics from 1980 to 2011 pictures a trend that females are two times more likely to commit a property crime rather then a violent crime (Nadia Campaniello). I believe that this has occurred due to the fact that woman are putting themselves into a different environment were it’s more beneficial and easier to
Essentially this study concluded that women are more risk-adverse in the committing crime due to the fact that they face “higher expected costs than men for committing the crime” (Nadia Campaniello). Woman make up roughly 10 percent of the incarceration rate, yet commit about 30 percent of property crimes in the United States (Nadia Campaniello) and manly this is due to the fact that even though woman are supposed to be treated equal to males, they aren’t and get more lenience. Professor Starr states that “men receive 63% longer sentences on average than women do," and "[w]omen are…twice as likely to avoid incarceration if convicted” which can show that their is a gender bias and sexist nature in which woman are more likely to get off the hook with crimes, either with less penalties or not being convicted at all. Starr believes that this gap exist in which females are less likely to commit due to the “girlfriend theory” and that they are more likely to cooperate with the judicial system. This is enviably true because if we take looks at any type of