The problem of women’s crime. Selected tendencies

• Authors: Joanna Brzezińska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this article was to indicate basic tendencies, currently characteristic for women’s crime in Poland. Based on the presented statistical data it has been found that adefinite growth in criminal offences with elements of aggression is currently being recorded and deviant behaviours are not only the domain of mature women but they also occur among young female perpetrators. Moreover, the claim has been challenged stating that women commit criminal acts only against their close relatives in the family environ­ment as currently the prevailing prohibited acts committed by women in Poland include: fights and beating, offences against property, the crime of extortion (robbery, theft and extortion) as well as severe health injury and murder. It should be highlighted that the only female crime, namely, infanticide, takes amarginal dimension.

Keywords

EN

women’s crime; female perpetrators; aggression

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Nowa kodyfikacja prawa karnego
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 42
• Pages: 9-26

Contributors

author

Joanna Brzezińska

• Department of Substantive Criminal Law Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wrocław