Why do some criminologists believe that the increase in female crime in the 1960s and 1970s was NOT due to the women's movement?
A) Women's crimes seem more a function of economic inequality than women's rights, and many female criminals were from socioeconomic classes least affected by the women's movement.
B) The women's movement took up all the time of the woman protesters, making it impossible for them to commit more crime.
C) Men and women have similar offence patterns.
D) The feminist movement was peaceful and would not resort to crime
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