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Men are more likely to commit violent crimes. Why is this so and how do we change it?

  • Written by Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Criminology is the study of individual and social factors associated with crime and the people who perpetrate it. One of the discipline’s well-established truths is that men commit violent and sexual offences at far higher rates than women.

Men are also the most likely victims of physical violence across the board, but women are...

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