[Canada] Study: Female offenders: 2005 / Statistics Canada, 24 January 2008
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080124/d080124a.htm
"Females accounted for a small proportion of all alleged offenders in 2005 and, when they did offend, they tended to commit offences such as theft, common assault, bail violations and fraud. This report shows that females aged 12 and older accounted for about 1 out of every 5 people accused by police services of committing a violation against the Criminal Code. The findings are based on data from a subset of 122 mostly urban police services located in nine provinces."