Female Criminality in India: Prevalence, Causes and Preventive Measures

P. M. K. Mili, Neethu Susan Cherian

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India

Abstract:

This article deals with Female Criminality in India. The paper reviews some of the theories based on female criminality, both early times and contemporary; and relate to the explained causes and measures of prevention with the conditions prevailing in present times. Data on crime from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that though women criminals are a minority compared to criminals convicted for heinous crimes, the number of females arrested for criminal activities show a drastic increase in recent years. Thus, based on data available, the paper tries to find out the type of crimes which is been attracting more female to its trap. Also, it tries to recognize the social environment that contributes to the making of women criminals. Studying the factors leading to the causes of making of female criminals, re-examining the solutions provided by criminologists over the year and studying the recent trends, this paper tries to bring out certain measures that can be adopted to bring about a significant positive change to the rate of crimes done by women.

Keyword:

Female criminality, Crime, Crime causes theory, Social conditions.