This article was originally published in 2018.
A new LCC Working paper by Dr Tony Beatton and Professors Michael Kidd and Stephen Machin explores the convergence in gendered crime participation, and how the gap between male and female offender rates is shrinking.
Using administrative data from Queensland, Australia, over the last 20 years, the authors found that rates of crime had fallen sharply for young men in this sample. Rates of offending had fallen at a lesser rate among women, resulting in convergence of gendered crime rates. The authors also found that the gender gap reduced at a higher rate among juveniles, for both property crime and violent crimes. They suggest that the Queensland program, Earning or Learning, may play a role in the observed convergence.
You can find their paper, here.