1. Crime particular to women:
Women who commit Crime
Men commit about 80% of all Crime
Men commit 93% of all murders
Why do women commit so few murders?
Theory: Women’s orbital frontal region of the brain larger in women = more ability to control aggression.
Crime particular to women:
Münchausen syndrome by proxy is a disorder in which a person deliberately causes injury or illness to another person (most often his or her child / 90% WOMEN), usually to gain attention or some other benefit.

2. Women serial killers
“Angel of Mercy” Nurses or health care workers who kill their patients
Mothers: Münchausen syndrome by proxy
Psychopathy: Officially called “Anti-Social Personality Disorder”
Animal Cruelty
Early sexual activity
Emerged in childhood (about 8 years old)
Lack of empathy
Substance abuse