progress and social norms have freed women from the home, increasing their participation in both the labor market and the crime … whether the policy prescriptions to reduce crime should differ for women. …In recent decades, women's participation in the labor market has increased considerably in most countries and is …

crime in specific groups including migrants, women and racial minorities, and finally turning from individual to organized …"A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars … and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable …

Although women's police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no … been done. This paper estimates the effects of women's police stations in Brazil on female homicides, as a measure of the … most severe form of domestic violence. Given that a high fraction of female deaths among women ages 15 to 49 years can be …