RATE OF FEMALE CRIMINALITY CAN BE REDUCED BY INCREASING THE RATE OF EDUCATION

Female criminality has always been a subjectwhich is generally not discussed because of less number of women indulge in crimes but recent years told us the story in other way. They are still not at par with men but that does not mean they need not to be focused upon. A girl child in a country like India consider as parayadhan grows up in the protection of her father and brothers then to her husbands after marriage. Many times she becomes victim because of broken families, physical or mental assault which turns her into a victim and then to a criminal the quick example of which is of Phoolan Devi. We may trace the presence of women in heinous crimes as well though it is a very small in number but on reciting their facts cried out not to be ignored like in Shabnamcase who could be the first woman to be hanged after the independence of India. In the following research in the light of various theories and reasons of female criminality we have tried to establish that the rate of female criminality can be reduce by increasing the rate of female literacy. Education not only helps in reducing the number of crimes but also helps to reform and rehabilitate female offenders after their release.