THE VIOLENCE OF WOMEN OFFENDERS
The violence of women is doubly exceptional because violence is mostly caused by men and women are mainly prosecuted for non-violent offences. Although women do not use violence in the same proportions as men, their acts of violence are varied, from homicides and voluntary violence to sexual violence. This reality of women’s violence, however, contrasts with the social perception of violence and raises questions about gender boundaries. The purpose of this article is therefore to draw up an inventory of the situation of female violence, in its judicial reality and in its social perception.