Gender and Crime

I. Gender and Crime

A. Men and Women as Perpetrators

• Women commit less crime
• Men constitute 78 percent of all arrests
• Men constitute 99 percent of all rape arrests
• Men constitute 88 percent of murder arrests
• Men constitute 92 percent of robbery arrests
• Men constitute 87 percent of aggravated assault arrests
• Men constitute 85 percent of other assaults arrests
• Men constitute 83 percent of all family violence arrests
• Men constitute 82 percent of disorderly conduct arrests
• 90 percent of all murder victims are killed by men

• Women commit less serious crime

B. Men and Women as Victims

• Robbery and Assault
• Rape
• About 93,000 rapes reported each year but gross underreporting problems
• Among college women, 1.7 percent are raped each year and 1.1 percent experienced attempted rape
• 13 percent of college women report being stalked in the previous year – 20 percent of these women fear for their physical safety

II. Explanations

A. Biological

B. Individual – Gender Socialization

C. Cultural

III. Fear and Reproduction of Gender Relations