Gender and Crime
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Vold, Bernard, and Snipes (2002) discussed gender and crime, noting that gender is the strongest and most consistent correlate of crime and delinquency because with few exceptions (e.g., prostitution) males are much more likely to offend than females. Feminist criminology notwithstanding, liberation from traditional womenĘs roles has not had the effect of increasing crimes committed by women whereas crimes committed by males have decreased in recent years. At the same time, Besharov and Laumann (2003) pointed out that females may be more likely than males to be victims of child abuse while Laumann, Gagnon, Michael, and Michaels (2003) noted that sexual experimentation is as common among females in many social groups as it is among males. What this suggests is that there are some gender differences that impact upon crime and criminality, but that there are other ways in which the genders are similar. No reasonable explanation has of yet been advanced as to why women are less likely to offend than males, but from the perspective of this writer, it is quite possible that socialization effects may
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