There are no one opinion about the determination of criminality.
Most of the criminologists agree, that criminality is social-
legal construct, which is bound up to development and variation
of the social, demographic, political, moral, economical and
legal situation. Eventually, criminality is social construct,
the common result of different individual’s actions, and should
be estimated according to historical condition. Women commit a
small share of all crimes – in the year 2007 among all suspects,
women comprised about 11 %. Women mostly commit offences against
property - theft, robbery, and drug offences. 21-39 years old
women, with basic or secondary education commit most of
offences. Alcohol/drugs addiction, mental troubles are
widespread among convicted women. Recently female criminality
remains stable, except marginal increase in different sections.
It is difficult compare female criminality in Lithuania with
female criminality abroad, because of different legislation,
penal system and criminal policy