How can General Strain Theory (GST) explain why more males than females commit crime
(the sex gap) as well as male and female criminality? I propose that gender identity …

Some scholars argue for sex-specific explanations of criminal behavior, while others opt for
more general theories of crime. In this article, we elaborate on recent explorations of gender …

This study applies Agnew's general strain theory (GST) to two fundamental questions about
gender and crime:(1) How can we explain the higher rate of crime among males?(2) How …

A challenge for criminological theorists has been to explain both why females are so much
less likely to offend than males and why they differ from males in types of crimes they do …

Gender is the strongest and most consistent correlate of crime and delinquency, but the
reason is unclear and traditionally understudied in criminology. The current study tests the …

Despite an increase of research on general strain theory (GST), an empirical analysis
investigating potential differences between males and females has not been conducted …

The gender gap in crime is one of the most highly researched issues in criminology. Despite
women's consistently low representation across all crime statistics, general theories of crime …

While criminology has long recognized the impact of gender on crime, many criminological
theories continue to measure sex rather than socially constructed gender identities …

One of the predominant issues in the criminological study of gender and crime is the gender
gap in crime. Women are much less involved in crime than men and are involved with …

T Iwo questions dominate the theoretical literature on gender and crime:(1) How can we
explain the higher rate of crime among males? and (2) How can we explain why females …