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.
Others show that girls who get the best grades and have more ambitious career goals commit more crimes. Still others associate delinquency by girls with views such as girls can t trust other girls with their boyfriends, men are more logical than women, and a guy likes a girl to look up to him are more likely to be delinquent. Others found that delinquent girls felt that if a guy can do it, why can t I- swearing, going alone to bars, etc. Generally lower rates than males, yet for some differentiated groups are higher than males. Black female rate is higher than white male rate for crimes against persons, urban female rate approximated or exceeded the rural male rate for minor property offenses, and the younger female rate was Higher than the older male rate for both serious and minor property crimes.