Although much has been written concerning female delinquency and criminality, little has been forwarded about female copycat crime. Utilizing four data sets from surveys collected over the past decade, the characteristics of females who reported involvement in copycat crimes, the crimes they attempted, and how they compared with male copycat offenders are described. Two research questions are considered: “How much does being female predict copycat crime?” and “How do female copycat crime offenders differ from noncopycat females?” Results indicate that females are less likely to have a copycat crime history but there was also evidence of the copycat crime gap between females and males narrowing. In general, copycat criminality was more common in younger and incarcerated females, although playing or not playing video games did not differentiate copycat crime females from noncopycat crime females. The quantity of media consumed also did not predict copycat crime in either gender. A typical copycat female offender committed their crime, often involving a property crime, while a teenager in a spontaneous group act. The relationship between females and criminogenic media is likely different compared with that of males, and the debunking of crime media content for younger females needs to be pursued.

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女性模仿犯：探索性分析

尽管有关女性犯罪和犯罪的文章很多，但关于女性模仿犯罪的信息却很少。利用过去十年收集的调查中的四个数据集，描述了报告涉嫌抄袭犯罪的女性特征，所犯下的罪行以及将其与男性抄袭者进行比较的情况。考虑了两个研究问题：“女性预言模仿者犯罪有多大？” 和“山寨女罪犯与非山寨女有何不同？” 结果表明，女性不太可能具有模仿犯罪的历史，但也有证据表明，男性和女性之间的模仿犯罪差距正在缩小。一般而言，山寨犯罪在年轻和被监禁的女性中更为普遍，尽管玩或不玩电子游戏并没有将模仿犯罪女性与非模仿犯罪女性区分开。所消耗的媒体数量也无法预测这两种性别的模仿犯罪。一个典型的模仿女性罪犯实施了犯罪，通常涉及财产犯罪，而一名少年则是自发地犯罪。女性和犯罪媒介之间的关系可能与男性之间的关系有所不同，因此需要对年轻女性的犯罪媒介内容进行揭穿。