Every year thousands of women gather at CrimeCon to bond over their love of true crime. Rachel Monroe's new book "Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession" seeks to find ...

Sexual objectification increases women's fear of crime Date: January 14, 2015 Source: Springer Science+Business Media Summary: A new study offers an explanation for why women fear face-to-face ...

Taliban’s restrictions on women are ‘crime against humanity,’ rights groups say. A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations from a humanitarian aid group in Kabul.

Women are participating in more spaces in organized crime in Mexico, according to a new report that highlights the consequences of this trend for their families and communities. The report from the ...

Crime and unemployment are linked, but not always in the ways we think they are. ... Unemployment makes women more likely to be victims of crime. by Taylor & Francis.

By and large, women and girls are the victims of violent crimes, not the perpetrators. But not always. Here are four picks across TV, film and podcast that turn the tables.

Members of the City Council’s Women’s caucus are being called out as hypocrites for suddenly caring about crime when they’ve been accused of voting for laws to handcuff the NYPD.

Women perform vital roles for criminal groups, and have been doing so for over 100 years — not that you would know this from most accounts. Take Emma Coronel Aispuro, who was arrested in the US ...