Gender Convergence in Crime: Evidence from Canadian Adult Offence Charge Data
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This paper contributes new evidence relating to the hypothesis that there has been convergence between certain male and female offences over time. Using time-series data for adults charged with offences in Canada over the period 1983 to 2000, we conduct several formal econometric tests of the convergence hypothesis. This study allows for the non-stationarity of the data; structural breaks in some of the time-series; and it employs several new tests that have not previously been applied to this problem. Our results provide the first strong evidence of genderconvergence for a range of offences in Canada. Author Contact: Professor David E.A. Giles, Department of Economics, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC, Victoria, B.C., Canada V8W 2Y2; email: [email protected]; Voice: (250) 721-8540; FAX: (250) 721-6214
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