Women are playing an increasing role in violent crime, both as offenders and victims. Yet, little research has examined how neighborhood structural characteristics might explain this involvement, or who women victimize relative to men. Drawing upon theories of social disorganization, strain, and a subculture of violence, we examine macro-level variation in the type and frequency of within and across group violence between men and women. Analyses are based on aggravated assaults and robberies reported to the Los Angeles Police Department between 2001 and 2007. Neighborhood disadvantage has a greater impact on women perpetrating violence against other women relative to any other sex dyad. Family structural variables are particularly important for understanding rates of within group robberies among women, and highlight that multiple measures of family structure are important for understanding gendered differences in rates of violent crime across dyads.

妇女在暴力犯罪中扮演着越来越重要的角色，无论是作为罪犯还是受害者。然而，很少有研究研究社区结构特征如何解释这种参与，或者女性相对于男性受害的对象。利用社会解体、压力和暴力亚文化的理论，我们研究了男性和女性之间群体内部和群体间暴力类型和频率的宏观变化。分析基于 2001 年至 2007 年间向洛杉矶警察局报告的严重袭击和抢劫事件。相对于任何其他性别，邻里劣势对女性对其他女性施暴的影响更大。家庭结构变量对于了解女性群体内抢劫率特别重要，