Gender Disparity and Arrests

Laurie A. Gould; Kayla Hulon

doi:10.1002/9781118929803.ewac0222

Gender Disparity and Arrests

Laurie A. Gould
, Kayla Hulon

Criminal Justice & Criminology

Georgia Southern University

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Abstract

Although men continue to commit the vast majority of crime in the United States, women are increasingly becoming involved in criminal activity. Based on an examination of total arrests, it appears that the gender gap is beginning to narrow and a closer examination of arrests for different types of offenses reveals some notable gender differences in offending. With the exception of larceny-theft and rape, male arrests have declined (in some cases quite substantially) for all offense categories included in the Uniform Criminal Report. Conversely, female arrests for property crime have increased an estimated 20.2% since 2006, and the rate of decline for many other offenses is much smaller for women, compared to men.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Women and Crime
Publisher	Wiley
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118929803
ISBN (Print)	9781118929797
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118929803.ewac0222
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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General Social Sciences

Keywords

arrests
domestic violence
gender
property crime
violent crime

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