Over the past century, female violence has been on the rise. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report of 1996 shows that women only made up 15% of those who were arrested for violent crimes. However, between 1985 and 1994 the arrests made of women for violent crimes rose 90% compared to 43% for men. These violent crimes include aggravated assault and sex offense, excluding rape and prostitution. The only category in which men widened their lead was murder. This shows that crimes committed by women are on the rise.

Cesare Lombroso, who believed that men were “born criminals,” also believed that women could be born criminals as well. He says that women who are born criminals are “monsters” and “belong more to the male than the female sex.” He says this because he feels that if you combine the worst parts of womanhood, such as cunning, spiteful and deceitful, with a man who has a criminal mind you would have a monster. Freud’s view on this would indicate the female had

There seems to be a lot of evidence supporting the fact that women are more involved in crime today. But are they really more violent than men are? Murray Straus, Ph.D., conducted his National Family Violence Survey in 1975 and 1985, with a total of 8,145 married couples. This survey showed that 12.4% of women assaulted their spouses, compared to 12.2% of men. More severe assaults show men and women very close in numbers. Another study done by the British Home Office in 1999 found that men and women who were assaulted by a partner in 1998 were both at 4.2%. These studies show that women and men are about equal in assaults, but men generally cause more injury when they assault women. Men usually do not report assault by a woman because of embarrassment or the fact that the women don’t usually cause serious injuries.

In conclusion, I have provided many facts to support my claim that the amount women involved in crime are increasing. This includes surveys from the FBI and the National Family Violence Survey. Adler and Lombroso have viewpoints that I have embraced and detailed. Adler supports the belief that crime and women’s socioeconomic positions in society are very closely related. Lombroso believes that women, like men, can be born criminals. But women have the potential to be much more dangerous than men because they are cunning and deceitful. Despite the increase of crime by women, the justice system today still treats men and women differently for the same crimes. Men are more likely to get prison time and harsher penalties than women for the same crimes. I have also pointed out that hormones do play a role in crime. It appears that PMA affects a woman a great deal according to the survey of female prisoners. Finally, although women may be committing more crimes today they are still going to be looked at by society in a different light because they will always be viewed as loving, caring and nurturing wives, mothers and daughters.

The justice system today is still not realizing that

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