Female Criminality

by

Assoc. Prof. Rumeysa AKGUN

Preface

Research and studies on female criminality began in relatively recent times in the field of criminology. This book is written to examine the information in the field of female criminality in more detail and to examine the relationship between criminology and female criminality. In addition, the book provides a general overview of female criminality in the world and Türkiye within the framework of the information provided to us by group studies in penal institutions, various research, and official statistics.  Female criminality is examined in terms of gender and crime, feminist criminology theories, and other studies in the field.

Associate Professor

Rumeysa AKGÜN

December, 2023

Introduction

The process of socialization begins at birth and continues throughout an individual's life, starting in the family and later in school and friendship groups. During this time, the individual acquires the norms, customs, traditions, and laws of society, as outlined (İçli, 2007). Through cooperation and the allocation of specific tasks within the division of labor, individuals have created a social existence. Social structures, constructed through conventions, serve as the foundation for the protection of fundamental human rights. This product of collective thought illustrates the value of collective effort. In life, individuals must be mindful of authority, while at the same time abiding by established rules (Akgün, 2012). When individuals fail to conform to societal norms, deviance occurs. However, when this deviance is a breach of the law, it becomes a criminal offense. Crime is a phenomenon of deviant behavior that can be traced back to the earliest human beings (Akgün, 2020: p. 75). It manifests in various forms. People go through important life stages such as infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Individuals may be confronted with problems such as poor family relationships, roblems with anger management and so on. Such problems increase the likelihood of becoming involved in crime.

Crime studies have focused on the relationship between criminal activity and factors such as age, gender, marital status, educational attainment, occupation, and socio-economic status (İçli, 2013: p.17). Women do indeed commit crimes, but their crime rate is lower than that of men. Women are still a small minority of the total incarcerated population (Wormer, 2010: p.3). Women and crime are two irritating words (İçli, 2013: p.9). Even if the rates are lower, it is still a reality. All the theories of crime are attempts to explain why people commit crimes. The reason why men commit high rates of crime doesn't matter to women; criminologists are generally interested in men's guilt. In addition, women have often been the subject of criminological research only in terms of their biological sex. Nevertheless, female criminality is visible, although not as much as male criminality. It is debated whether the reason for the large difference between male and female criminality is that men break the law more than women or that women are very good at hiding their crimes (Abbott and Wallace, 1997: 280). Another related view is that Female Criminality women are more prone to solve their problems through diplomatic methods, while men are more primitive than women (Bozkurt, 2006: p.188). Feminist criminology has also brought the issue of female offending to the fore. Women are no longer just a number in statistics. Feminist criminologists argue that women can also commit crimes and that they can commit the same crimes as men. The fact that the issue of women's criminality has begun to be examined has led to a discussion of why women commit crimes and solutions to these crimes. This is why it is so important to conduct studies on the criminal behavior of women.

This book aims to contribute to the academic studies on women's criminality, especially to examine the phenomenon of women's criminality in Turkey in more detail. This book is about gender and crime, Theories of female criminality, Feminist criminolog. The reasons why women commit crimes, The different types of crime committed by women, Female criminality in the world, Female criminality in Turkey, Characteristics of the female offender, Problems of female offenders in the prison system, Group work with female offenders, Working with female offenders in psychodrama and Female serial killers.

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