11 Women & Crime Perpetrators & Victims. 22 Outline I. Arrest rates for Women Vs. Men II. Labor Force Trends For Women III. Violence Amongst Intimates.

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Women & Crime

Perpetrators & Victims

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Outline

I. Arrest rates for Women Vs. Men

II. Labor Force Trends For Women

III. Violence Amongst Intimates

IV. Labor Market Analysis for Women

V. Demographic Trends

VI. Forcible Rape

VII. International Traffic in Women

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Trends in Arrest Rates All Offenses

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Arrest Rates for Violent Index Offenses

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Arrest Rates for Property Index Offenses

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Arrest rates For Murder

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Arrest Rates For Robbery

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Arrest Rates For Burglary

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Arrest Rates For Motor Vehicle Theft

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Arrest Rates For Larceny-Theft

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Arrest rates For Prostitution and Commercialized Vice

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Trends In Arrest Rates For Embezzlement

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ConclusionsWomen are becoming more involved in crimeWomen do not like confrontational types of crime

Not so much into violent crime or robbery

As women work, opportunities changeEmbezzlement by women increasingProstitution decreasing

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Labor Force Trends For Women

Rosie the Riveter During WWII

Meg Whitman: E-Bay/ Candidate forGovernor/ CEO of Hewlett-Packard

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Labor Force Trends For Women

In 1948, nearly one third of women participated in the labor force. By 2008, nearly sixty percent of women participated in the labor force

In 1973, women accounted for 38.5% of national employment. By 2010, this number was over 47 %.

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National Labor Force Trends: Labor Force Participation Rate for Women (blue) and Women's Percentage of Employment (red)

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Household Survey

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Labor Force,LF

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Labor Force Participation Rate, ρ = LF/CNIP

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Labor Force Trends For Women

As more women left the role of house wife for the labor force, the nature of the home changed

As women became a larger presence in the workplace, the nature of the workplace changed

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In Contrast: Labor Force Partipation Rate Trends For Young Men, 16-24

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Trends In Property Offense Rates

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National Property Crime Rates Per 100,000 andthe Labor Force Participation Rate for Males 16-24. 1960-2010

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A statistical analysis of the US property crime rate from 1960 through 2010 was conducted, and the crime rate was positively correlated with the labor force participation rate for men ages 16-24, lagged two years, and negatively correlated with the labor force participation rate for women, lagged three years.

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Property Crime Rate : Observed & Regression Estimate

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III. Violence Amongst intimatesI

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/intimate/ipv.cfm

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Role of Intimates In Homicides

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Victims of Homicide by Intimates

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Intimate Partner Victims

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Intimate Homicides By Relationship

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Homicide By Intimates Rates

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Non-fatal Rates Per 1000

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IV. Labor Force Analysis for Women Using Illustrative Muliplicative Preferences

U =(Y –Y0 ) 0.5 (L - L0 ) 0.5

y0 = committed income, credit card payments and mortgage payments etc.

L0 = committed leisure, things you have to do around the house such as take care of the kids (soccer mom)

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Fifties and Sixties

Male was the bread-winner, female did the chores around the house

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Illustration of Multiplicative Preferences, Cobb-Douglas

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National Labor Force Trends: Labor Force Participation Rate for Women (blue) and Women's Percentage of Employment (red)

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Housewife with $150/day of Husband’s $200/day for Household

Treat $150/day as her non-labor income so less likely to work

Possibly the story in the fifties and sixties

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Illustrative multiplicative preferences

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Single woman with Kids & Alimony

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Single Woman with Kids & Alimony

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Single Woman with Kids, No Alimony, & $150/day of Committed Income

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Modern Woman, Husband Earns $200/day, expenses plus mortgage amounts to $250/day: works 8 hours

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Currently; Home Ownership is Going Down

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Age At First Marriagehttp://www.userniche.com/LoveAndDivorce/ASP/UserNicheMainPage.asp?ID=23

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V. Relationship Trends

Marriage Rates

Divorce Rates

Birth Rates

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US Statistical Abstract 1953

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Baby Boom. US Stat. Abst. 1974

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The Long View: Greenwood & Gruner

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Where Did All the Married Women Go? How Long Will You Be Married?

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OECD Marriage & Divorce Rateshttp://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/19/40321815.pdf

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Marriage Market

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Greenwood-Gruner Model

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Living Arrangements For Young Women, 1880-2000

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If You Have a Microwave Who Needs a Significant Other?

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Rape

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US Forcible Rape Offenses Per 100,000

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Uniform Crime Report 2010

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CLEARANCE_RATIO_RAPE

FBIUniformCrime Reports

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International Traffic in Women