INTERACTION BETWEEN WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION AND FEMALE CRIMINALITY - A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

• NCJ Number: 42282
• Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Dated: (MAY 1977) Pages: 101-112
• Author(s): F ADLER
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Seminar Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE INCREASE IN CRIMINALITY BY WOMEN AND LINKS IT TO THE CHANGED SOCIAL CONDITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY WOMEN'S DEMANDS FOR EQUALITY.

Abstract

DATA FROM OTHER NATIONS CONCUR WITH THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THAT AS THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY BETWEEN THE SEXES DECREASES, THERE IS A CORRELATIVE INCREASE IN FEMALE CRIMINALITY. WOMEN HAVE MOVED BEYOND THE CATEGORIES OF PROSTITUTION, SHOPLIFTING, AND AN OCCASIONAL HUSBAND-POISONING, THE ARTICLE POINTS OUT. STATISTICS HAVE SHOWN THAT CRIMES BY WOMEN IN NEARLY EVERY CATEGORY HAVE DOUBLED AND TRIPLED IN THE PAST DECADE. THIS CHANGING SITUATION, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, WILL REQUIRE AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE DEFINITION OF DELINQUENCY AS A PHENOMENON THAT RESIDES TOTALLY IN THE MALE DOMAIN....BDS