It has always been a traditional view that men commit more crimes than women since women are seen more as victims than perpetrators. According to most literature, men are the predominant figures when it comes to crime and women are seen as law-abiding citizens. This essay will show that to some extent gender is a useful tool for explaining criminal behavior in terms of whether a male or a female may have committed a crime. However, due to the huge range of differences between different theorists and their explanations of female criminality and the connection with the explanation of behavior, there are many misconceptions about it. This essay will aim to analyze some of theorists' key ideas and use them for an overall explanation of gender and the explanation of the link between criminal behavior. In the early 20th century, men were believed to be the primary perpetrators of criminal behavior (Williams 2004 ), there was no female crime category, crime was believed to be dominated by males, so all crimes fell into male categories. (Maguire, Reiner and Morgan 2002) It is universally believed that males commit more crimes than females and according to the bureau according to 2002 national statistics men committed four times more crimes than women. Male crime rate figures remained fairly constant in 1984, 84% of offenders were male and in 1999 the figure for male offenders was 83%, in 2006 the figure was 80% (Office for Statistics national, 2002). In 2006 statistics showed that in all major crime categories men outnumbered women, with between 82 and 94 per cent of men having been convicted of crimes such as burglary, drug offences, criminal damage and violence against the person with...... middle of paper ......Official statistics show that there is a precise link between gender and criminal behavior, however the statistics do not explain the real causes of criminal behavior, the statistics show male and female crime rate models only. Unfortunately most of the theorists mentioned above have based their theories on assumptions without any real scientific evidence, however social explanations regarding crime seem to offer a more acceptable explanation of crime and gendered behaviour, but seem to ignore important questions such as why do women commit crimes and to what extent is male crime considered normal behavior? Furthermore, there is still controversy over biological and physiological theories. Although most of these theories are discredited, small parts are accepted, inspiring further research in the area of ​​gender and crime..