In the United States, women have been able to enlist in the military since 1917, when the U.S. Naval Reserves "conspicuously" omitted gender as a qualification for service. This was the first time women had served in the U.S. Military in non-nurse capacities, although the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor was Dr. Mary E. Walker, a ( Read more... )

The U.S. Department of Justice states that 22% of all persons arrested in 1998 were female. Darrell Steffensmeier (1996) calls the gender gap in crime "universal": men are more likely to commit criminal acts than men. There are several hypotheses as to the reasons behind this disparity, however they largely boil down to whether the difference is ( Read more... )