The gender gap in crime is decreasing, but who’s growing equal to whom?

The declining gender gap in crime, observed in many Western countries, including Sweden, is often interpreted as showing an alarming shift in the offending of young women. Explanations to the observed pattern are often based on an assumption that women are increasingly coming to mimic the criminal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Felipe Estrada, Anders Nilsson, Olof Bäckman
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Swedish Sociological Association 2017-12-01
Series:Sociologisk Forskning
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Online Access:https://sociologiskforskning.se/sf/article/view/18236