Reclassifying with actual offenses is much easier for officials. Domestic violence has led to more simple assault or battery charges in family fights. Girls who pushed their parents to get past them as they fled could be charged with simple assault. They can then be arrested. Generally, gender differences are less.
Males commit crimes more frequently and have longer delinquent careers than females.
Otherwise, there are more similarities than differences. Masculinity-Liberation Hypothesis Adler s 1975 claim about new female offender has been questioned. Research has not supported the proposition that female offenders have been masculinized or are proponents of feminist ideology. Mixed results have occurred. Some studies show that more traditional females actually commit more crimes.