The criminal justice system

Question : Whether you agree or disagree with the sociological perspective on your chosen topic (and why).

The topic that fascinated me the most was the fact that men commit more crimes than women. The book stated that men are mostly the aggressors and women are mostly the victim. They said that women only mak up 7.1% of the population in prison as of 2004. I found it shocking that it was such a small percentage. However I do agree with the fact that women are found not to be able to protect themselves as easily as men are. I think that a lot of men are in jail because they either raped a woman or killed someone. The rates in 2006 were that 76.2% of the arestees were men. Men commit more "horrible" crimes such as murder. Womens offenses as they say are mostly small scale like shoplifting and prostitution.
In response to what the book said and the statistics I would definitely have to say that I agree with the sociological perspective. I do believe that men commit more crimes than women.