It wasn’t until recently that the criminality of women was neglected in the world of criminology. There was a minimal amount of research recorded that focused specifically on females and crime. Within these early writings, there was numerous methodical approaches, but there were also common beliefs about women’s nature and the crimes they were involved in (Klein, 1973). Their theories were focused on different physiological or psychological traits of women resulting in crime. It was a common misconception that all women in the world shared these features. Klein’s theory was that there was an inherent nature of women (Klein,
