The Error of Assuming That Crime Is Only Committed by Young, Unemployed Males

Many scholars have mostly argued that crime is usually committed by "young, working class ... hired ... male" or that violence is a kind of violence. Poverty of living habits, agitating youth are directly related. . (Rock: 1998: 189). This may have the essence of truth, but it is impossible to form a clear explanation or generalization of all the crimes committed in society. Thousands of criminal acts are committed every day, many of which are not based solely on this standard.

The most obvious of these is age and sex. There are few serious crimes by young adolescents. This is the truth throughout the recorded history and today is the truth anywhere in the world. Almost all American crimes committed by people between the ages of 18 and 29 from 15 to 44 are the cornerstones of criminal activity. Also, the ratio of men and women in the US prison system is 14 to 1, and it can be judged that crime is the seriousness of male phenomenon. In the case of violent crime, this ratio is even higher

Young female offenders have been proved to be a minority of all juvenile delinquents. Women crime may increase slightly, but the number of offenses committed has been dragged behind the number of crimes committed by young men. Despite the terrible news of teenage violence, in fact, most Canadian young ladies are not, and girls are not as serious as violent girls compared to young men. The meaning, background and motivation of female violent crime and other crimes are different from those of young men. Also, their crimes are usually not very serious. In addition, Canadian young women criminals are mainly responsible for property crime, especially shoplifting. Men take on more expensive property crimes, and they do it more often. The Juvenile court case deals with the most serious asset crime of all young criminals. Many people think women's juvenile delinquency and juvenile delinquency are major problems.

Since the early 1970s, criminal rates have certainly increased as the baby-boom generation gets young. Due to the large population, today's young people commit most crimes. And the best way to eliminate crime is to eradicate poverty. Poverty causes breeding of crime. The crime rate of African Americans is very high. They are unemployed and single parents, because they are doing what they have to do to survive the family or to support the family. The crimes committed by young people may be treated as children as they grow up and may be taught to them by doing so.