In this paper, I propose a new theory that ascribes the increasing female crime share to unequal emancipatory advancement between women’s ideological aspirations and institutional means in modern times. Accordingly, it is proposed that an incommensurate pace in progression inflicts gender-specific deprivation on women, which increases their share of crime. The theory is tested with Uniform Crime Reporting data from 1980 to 2017 across offense types. The findings indicate that mismatched liberation increases the female share of violent and property crimes, especially for adult cohorts and among samples after 1988 when women’s ends-means gap was found to be enlarged.

在本文中，我提出了一种新的理论，将女性犯罪份额的增加归因于现代女性的思想追求和制度手段之间的不平等解放。因此，有人提出，进步的步调不适当会给妇女造成特定性别的剥夺，从而增加妇女的犯罪率。该理论已通过1980年至2017年各种犯罪类型的统一犯罪报告数据进行了测试。研究结果表明，不匹配的解放增加了女性在暴力犯罪和财产犯罪中的比例，特别是对于成年同伙，以及在1988年之后的样本中，妇女的平均收入差距扩大了。