The Role of Women Police in Crime Prevention

Women have little importance and role in certain societies and their rights are not respected and valued. On the other hand, they themselves do not follow up their denied rights but overlook them. Children too, may be abused and turned into the tools of committing crimes. One of the goals of establishment of policewomen force in the law enforcement organization is to prevent crimes committed by women and children, and to investigate and counter female criminals. The present article, complied through a descriptive and library method, while addressing the concept of prevention, studies cases, stages and legal provisions of the role of policewomen in preventing the crimes against women and children victims by using theoretical concepts. The effect of gender, age and social circumstances in crime tendency has also been studied.