What is the Income of the female in our country India?

Income of the female in our country

As regards the economic background of the female offenders, the all India figures have not compiled this variable.

My study, however, pointed out that 85.7 per cent offenders belonged to the families, the monthly income of which was less than Rs. 300 (in late 1960s, and early 1970s), 10.3 per cent belonged to the families, the income of which was between Rs.300 and Rs.500 per month, and 4 per cent belonged to the families, the income of which was more than Rs.500 per month.

Assuming that the value of a rupee between 1967 and 1977 has come down to eight paise in 1998, it could be said that 86 per cent female offenders today belong to families with an income of Rs. 2,000 per month, 10 per cent to families with an income of Rs.2, 000 to Rs.4, 000 per month (both classes described together as destitute class) and 4 per cent to families with an income above Rs.4, 000 per month (extremely poor class).

Even though economic condition does not necessarily indicate the role of poverty in female crime, yet it is significant in the sense that low income is an important contributory factor to family tensions, and a combination of unsatisfactory social relationships and poverty is conducive to criminal behaviour.