Why is it that the majority of crimes are committed by men, not by women?

Question

And even the women who do commit crimes, once in prison, they don't cause as much trouble as men do in men's prisons?

Answer 1

Well i think, my opinion is that women are just as bad as men are in all this crime that's going on now a days it seems that way don't you think so? Look at the news lately I'm seeing more women on there that have committed crimes as well as man are. Its the year 2008 if you watch the shows they have now a days the real life shows there are women in prison getting in trouble or causing trouble as while as man are in there haven't you seen the real life TV shows there showing us about peoples behavior in prison or even in jail.

Answer 2

The instinctive responsibility of the male to provide...particularly the unemployed male will turn to crime for the quick profit's.

On account of his toughness he can survive the punishment for his crime.

The woman is opposite due to her own fragility has difficulty with doing time for the crime.

The punishment for crime is deterrence to females but not to males.

Its mostly a male dominated societies in prisons.

Men and women are inherently different.

The emotional vulnerability of women and their psychological conditioning are vastly different to that of the man.

Answer 3

cus women have bit more sense than guys

Answer 4

It depends on your point of view, every time I see a short stubby girl with fat legs wearing a mini skirt, now thats a crime. just goes unreported

Answer 5

Testosterone. Give it to women and they get vicious too (PMT anyone?). It causes higher libido, recklessness and aggression in both sexes. Normally female's estrogen neutralises it.

It also affects fetal brain development. Men are just wired differently from the start. Less socially able, better at maths, there's a long list.

A low verbal IQ is one of the best childhood indicators of adult criminality, and it affects mostly boys.

I looked up the UK prison statistics a few days ago, about 94% of UK prison population are male. There's a slight disparity in the number of crimes  vs the number of each s*x in prison, probably because women commit fewer violent offences, they tend more to the finable offences. It's just the way men and women are.

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Answer 6

burglary

Answer 7

Not true - Women just get away with more

Answer 8

Because men are socialized into using aggression and violence as methods to resolve their life issues. While excessive testosterone can be linked to highly aggressive crimes, there is no connection between testosterone and say... theft, so the explanation must go further than biology.

Answer 9

Where do you get those facts, if they are facts. Women could very well commit crimes 'we' never hear about. If you've noticed, women usually get their way about most things. As a whole, they could very well be more intelligent than men as a whole.

Answer 10

It's all own to nature plus we haven't got time to commit crimes as we are too busy cleaning up after the blokes, or bringing up th children!!

Answer 11

perhaps women are better at not getting caught  which means they wont enter into the statistics therefore it appears more men committ crime.

Answer 12

Its all down to hormones and mans nature to be aggressive and the hunter not the hunted. And you guys say we have problems with hormones lol. Statistics prove that one wrong eh

Answer 13

Active crimes? males for sure, passive crimes? no one can match females.

Who need prison when they can turn a house into it? So when they are at prison, they are calm as they feel like home there. Full of charge in hand and powerful enough to make others fight for her. :-)))))))))))

Answer 14

Generally the pressure is on men to be the breadwinner so have a greater need to provide money.

How many women are living off men which is not classed as crime. ( a lot more than men living off women i'm sure)

COME ON LADS GIVE ME THE THUMBS UP .

Answer 15

My guess is that it's partly hormonal--testosterone makes a person aggressive. In fact, when women are premenstrual their ratio of estrogen to testosterone more closely resembles that of a male. Then the rest is likely cultural; women are taught to internalize and men are taught to externalize and act out.

Answer 16

its cos women are too busy worrying about their hair or nails or whether their bum looks to big or if they have a double chin or etc etc  etc etc etc etc etc.       where as men dont give a sh*t

Answer 17

i think it's cos of testosterone levels being higher