Female Criminality as a Threat to National Security: An Interdisciplinary Reconceptualization

Abstract

The current research is of undoubted relevance since females also commit selfish and violent crimes. The fact that women have started committing crimes that threaten national security is of particular concern. The most socially dangerous crimes include illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances and crimes of extremism and terrorism. The paper aims to justify (1) the need for a comprehensive approach for studying female crime as a distinct crime type and (2) the use of interdisciplinary research methods (historical method, method of comparative law, method of interview and conversation, psychological analysis of criminal cases, and analysis of criminal statistics). The scientific novelty of the research consists in the interdisciplinary approach to the problem of female crime. I have conducted research to improve the effectiveness of the investigation, establish the essential role of women in the committed crime, identify all accomplices, and develop measures aimed at crime prevention. Using interdisciplinary methods helps identify aspects that deserve further attention and research in criminology, sociology, and psychology. Detecting and using the identity of a female offender will contribute to the development of crime investigation. I have substantiated the need to use international experience, including theoretical developments aimed to prevent and combat female crime.