Females in crime

Evelina Gavrilova

Chapter 12 in A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, 2022, pp 265-285 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this paper I review the economic literature on gender in crime. Female participation in crime has been increasing over the last decades in several developed countries. On one hand, this trend is supported by the certainty that women face lower probabilities of arrest and favorable treatment in the justice system. On the other hand, this trend is weakened by a barrier to entry into organized crime that limits the illegal opportunities of women. Surveyed research in this paper tends to find that each gender responds to different incentives for the criminal participation decision. Therefore, there is a need for a mix of policies that can influence both genders. To address this, there is a wide avenue open to future research dedicated to finding policies that limit female participation in crime.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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