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In this article, the writer looks at the topic of crime according to gender based factors. The writer questions why the relationship of gender to crime has been widely overlooked. The writer maintains that past inattention to the issue has been somewhat redressed in recent times based on a growing number of gender-based theories of criminal behavior.

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"The lack of theoretical investigation into gender-based schemas of crime has been noted by contemporary criminologists. This is strange, given that gender is clearly a notable factor in criminal and delinquent behavior: only 7 percent of prison inmates and 11 percent of jail inmates are female, and women comprise only 14% of sworn officers in large police departments. So why is gender and its relationship to crime so often overlooked in academic circles?"

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