committed in the property crime market: only 30% of the crimes are committed by women. Starting from the classical Becker …'s model on crime we investigate some potential reasons for the participation gap looking at the differential incentives … face a 10% higher probability of arrest with respect to males. Once we account for type of crime and the attributes of …

progress and social norms have freed women from the home, increasing their participation in both the labor market and the crime … market. With crime no longer just men's business, it is important to investigate female criminal behavior to determine … whether the policy prescriptions to reduce crime should differ for women. …

district level administrative crime data by category to age- specific sex ratios in census data across four decades and, to … discernible impact upon property and economic crime. In probing mechanisms we argue that men are more prone to crime than women …