Female crime in Russia: the state and prevention measures

The article studies certain aspects of female crime at the present stage of development of Russian society as well as in the historical context. Among the causative factors of female crime special attention is paid to labor and family spheres of a_ woman's life. The authors considered some features of the structure of female crime and proposed some measures of prevention. The subject of this research was women's crime statistics in Russia. The methodological basis of this research is made up of general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction) and private scientific methods for comparing data on the state of studied type of criminality.