The British Journal of Criminology · 1992 · 22 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesCriminologySociologyComparative CriminologyCrimePenologyCriminal JusticeGender DiscriminationGender Differences In CrimeGender-based CrimesSex Ratio Dynamics
Analysis of the Second and Third United Nations Crime Surveys reveals that males are disproportionately suspected, apprehended, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned throughout the world. Evidence was found that, in 1980 and 1985, women were disproportionately filtered out of the system as they progressed through the stages described. Similar evidence was found for some stages of the system in 1975. Proportionately more women were suspected, prosecuted, and convicted in 1985 than in 1980. However, there was no change in the proportion of women admitted to prison or in the prison population. Analysis by offence type showed no general change in sex ratio by offence type over time. It is acknowledged that the paper concerns worldwide changes and does not address interesting and important national differences. It is hoped that future UN Surveys can come to be used to address more specific issues of this kind.