Societal Perception of Women in Crime in the UK

The Perception of Women in Crime in the UK

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Introduction

The involvement of women in the system of criminal justice has been large as victims of crime rather than as the perpetrators. As females make up almost half of the victims of violent crime, they also represent the smallest percentage of the offenders (Carr-Hill & Stern 2008). However, to understand in-depth the issues related to the system of criminal justice and women, it is of great importance to examine the experience and incidence of crime against women and women as the perpetrators. It is because if the fewer few of women committing crimes that are essential to monitoring closely their offending patterns of females. Otherwise, the difference in experiences of females in the system of criminal justice may be clouded by trends that show the biggest…