Why, with Every Passing Year, Do Women Make Up a Slightly

question 115

Multiple Choice

Why, with every passing year, do women make up a slightly bigger percentage of arrests?

• A) Women are more likely media consumers, so they engage in copycat crimes.
• B) More women work, so they have more opportunity to get into trouble.
• C) Traditional social controls and definitions of femininity are less often imposed.
• D) There is an increasing divorce rate and girls are being affected more by family breakdown.

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