Sex, crime and society

Bibliographic Data

ID24078550
AuthorsFrances Heidensohn (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume2
IssueS2
Pages129-136
Publication date1970-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021932000023543
PMID5276621
OpenAlexW2012492196
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

The relation between sex and crime is an important and significant one. Broadly speaking, recorded criminality varies notably according to sex, being at a much higher level among males than females. It is men who are largely responsible for the planning and execution of large-scale crimes such as robberies. Serious recidivism, which presents such a problem in terms of penal care and treatment, is almost exclusively a masculine phenomenon—in a recent survey of crime in the UK, the incidence of serious recidivism amongst women is not even calculated (McClintock & Avison, 1968). The study of sex differences in criminality should, then, illuminate our knowledge of crime and its aetiology; it should also tell us something about sex differences in society in general.

Criminology · Incidence (geometry) · Phenomenon · Recidivism · Sociology · Demography · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Psychology · Sex work and related issues