The Socio-economic Correlation Of Female Criminality In Nigeria

SUMMARY This study has been able to look into the contributions of different scholars on the issue of female criminality. It has been able to relate findings as they affect the research problem. The problem of the study was specifically aimed: To describe the extent and type of female involvement in crimes and analyze the types of crimes in which women have been most visible; To determine the socio-economic attributes of women in crime. And finally identify factors predisposing women to criminality. The findings show that most of the female offenders are first offenders. This means that mo…