One every three teens arrested for violent crimes is female.
If we look at the number in the term of total violences, Male teens significantly outnumber the female counterparts.
But, if we look at the number in the term of Growth, The number of female criminals rose more rapidly compared to the male counterpart (about 84% for the past decades)
So, the core of the study is the behaviour and personality - and this is usually studied by psychology. Therefore we can guess that we are looking for a branch of psychology.
This branch is social psychology - it focuses how the society (social environment) influences this behaviour.
Answer:
Mercantilism.
Explanation:
Mercantilism is a set of ideas, a system which was quite popular in Europe in the 17th and 18th century.
Some of its basic principles are:
- increasing export while decreasing import
- which should enable accumulation of capital in the form of gold and silver
- strong agriculture that would decrease the need for import
- using colonies for gaining cheap resources and for selling the final products.
Many of late-18th century philosophers and economists criticized mercantilism pointing out its flaws and limits, so today it is considered an outdated system.
It will increase group productivity..
