... also figure. To analyse the contribution feminist criminology has made, a description of what came before it and made up the majority of the work is necessary. There was a near complete lack of a female presence in criminological literature. The problems which female crime did pose to theorising were usually ignored or simply shoe horned to fit male based accounts. This may now seem striking, but there are reasons for this that is conclusive with general common sense regarding crime. Firstly females are traditionally seen as law abiding, or at least comparatively so. 80% of serious crimes that result in a conviction are committed by a man. Only 3% of the current prison population is female. This is not merely an English phenomenon and has been recorded universally, making gender the best predictor of criminality. This 'striking truth' goes some way to explaining the legacy of the male dominance of ...

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