What is Gender differences in crime?
'''Gender differences in crime''' are differences between [[female]]s and [[male]]s as criminals or as the victims of [[crime]]. Studies of this subject may be in the areas of [[criminology]] (study of criminal behavior), [[sociobiology]] and [[women's studies]]. According to statistics, males commit more crimes than females.<ref>{{cite book|title=Criminology|year=2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9780415281676|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJm4AIc4sZEC&pg=PA88|access-date=Jan 11, 2018}}</ref> But females do sometimes commit crimes matching those of men, such as [[bank robbery]],<ref>{{cite report|title=Robbing Banks No Longer Just for Guys|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/20/women.bank.robbers/index.html|access-date=Jan 11, 2018}}</ref> [[murder]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Weapons Men and Women Use Most Often|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/07/poison-is-a-womans-weapon|access-date=Jan 11, 2018}}</ref> and [[burglary]].<ref>{{cite report|title=Female Burglar in String of Jewelry Heists|publisher=The Daily Mail|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3232256/Female-burglar-strikes-jewelry-stores-three-states-series-heists-netted-400-000.html|access-date=Jan 11, 2018}}</ref> A 2008 study of [[domestic violence]] shows that women have different reasons from men when committing [[violence]] against their partner. Women are more likely to do this because they are afraid or to defend themselves. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to be trying to be in control.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review of Research on Women's Use of Violence with Male Intimate Partners|year=2008|publisher=PMC|pmc=2968709|last1=Swan|first1=S. C.|last2=Gambone|first2=L. J.|last3=Caldwell|first3=J. E.|last4=Sullivan|first4=T. P.|last5=Snow|first5=D. L.|journal=Violence and Victims|volume=23|issue=3|pages=301–314|doi=10.1891/0886-6708.23.3.301|pmid=18624096}}</ref> Men are more likely to beat up, choke or strangle their partner. Women were more likely to slap