Purses and purse snatching

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Purse snatching has been a crime for years and years.  Many women don’t really pay much attention to how they are carrying their purse.  Often we swing it while we’re walking or just loop it around our elbow casually as we stroll from store to store.  Sometimes we hang it from the back of our [...]

Women and Crime

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Anyone can be a crime victim, but you face heightened risk simply because you are a woman. In fact, a 21 year-old woman faces a 1 in 4 chance of having a violent crime committed against her. These crimes can range from purse snatching to car jacking to rape. And then there is domestic violence [...]