Why, with Every Passing Year, Do Women Make Up a Slightly

Multiple Choice

Why, with every passing year, do women make up a slightly bigger percentage of arrests?

A) Women are more likely media consumers, so they engage in copycat crimes.
B) More women work, so they have more opportunity to get into trouble.
C) Traditional social controls and definitions of femininity are less often imposed.
D) There is an increasing divorce rate and girls are being affected more by family breakdown.