Males are more likely to commit crime than females, at least where - TopicsExpress



          

Males are more likely to commit crime than females, at least where serious crime is concerned.1 The ratio of male to female participation in crime varies by offence but one recent Australian study found ratios averaging around 2:1.2 Crime, however, is pre-eminently a preoccupation of the young, whether male or female. Estimates of the average age of onset of involvement in crime vary from study to study. Most estimates range between 12 and 16 years3 but it is possible to predict involvement in crime at much younger ages than this.4 The prevalence of involvement in crime typically rises from late adolescence, reaches a peak in the late teenage years and then begins to decline.5
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:54:35 +0000

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