Qualitative Study of Trends in Female Crime in Gauteng in Pakistan

Abstract

When compared to male offenders, the percentage of female offenders doing time in prison in South Africa is statistically low. As a result, studies focusing on female criminality in Africa, particularly Southern Africa, have been mostly underfunded. Although female criminal activity is statistically tiny compared to that of males, the number of women incarcerated has climbed in recent years in South Africa, as it has everywhere throughout the world. The convicts of two Gauteng, South African, prisons were randomly selected for this study, and their criminal backgrounds and personality traits were analyzed. The majority of South Africa’s female convicts are housed in Gauteng, the country’s most populous and economically significant region.