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Gender roles effect the days of our lifes everyday. Men and women have roles that they are expected to follow in our society, but gender roles also effect the illegal activity. No matter where you go gender roles play a part in and crime is no exception. First of all, when it comes to commiting crimes the overall suspects are men. on a website written by Old Bailey states " Women are only accounted as suspects 21% of the time. When a serious crime happens no one really suspects the women at first until futher investigation. For reasons unknown men have become the prime suspects when a crime takes place in the world. The article written by Old Bailey also states "women are always accused a fewer and lesser crimes." From this statment it is saying that women are accused of lesser crimes meaning smaller. So while men are being accused of serious crimes such as murder women are being accused of smaller crimes such as shoplifting. Crimes happen all over the United States and even when a criminal commits a crime, gender roles are still in play. Next, when a crime is being commited it is said that women are usually the victims. In a article ,written by Arnold smith,it states "When it comes down to mudering or stealing the victim turns out to be the victim nearly one third of the time." Why are women the prime target? Could it be because women are weaker? or could there appearance make them a target? In a article wriiten by Peyton Farmer it states " Men commit crimes to have a sense of power and unfortunatly they target the weak to make there self feel strong." Criminals do target weaker civilans most of the time. Criminals are consumed by greed and hatred, two very dangerous combinations and makes many men and women targets. In conclusion, Why do gender roles effect crime in the courtroom? Also why do they effect the crime itself? Gender roles play a massive part in our society. Crime will always be effected by gender roles and honestly there is no way to stop it. Gender roles play a huge part in society.