The theory of feminist analysis states that because society tends to place women in more subordinate positions than men, they do not have access to the same jobs and opportunities (Macionis. 2015 ). Men more commonly occupy positions and jobs of power than women and earn more money, thus leading to the feminization of poverty. In 2014, the poverty rate for women was almost 15%, 5% higher than that for men (Anon. 2015). Additionally, more than half of children living in poverty were cared for by single mothers. Feminist theory argues that due to high rates of female poverty and women raising children alone, they are more likely to engage in less violent crime for money (Macionis. 2015). For example, in 2013, women accounted for 41% of fraud arrests. The approach theorizes that society is built from all daily interactions between individuals (Macionis. 2015). Therefore, what an individual constantly learns from others, how he communicates with people and responds to everything around him, is what constitutes society. When studying crime and why it occurs, Symbolic Interaction states that criminal or deviant behavior is typically learned from the people and events around them (Macionis. 2015). It is important to note that this theory is mainly applied to less serious and moderate crimes such as drug use, theft, burglary, etc. Rather than extreme violent crimes, as in 2015). From the way a person speaks, to the way they see the world around them, all of this is individually constructed, and so is crime. Research has shown a strong relationship between whether a child has been abused and his or her likelihood of engaging in criminal behavior at some point in his or her life. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 15 percent of all male inmates in prison suffered some form of abuse as children, the number rises to an astonishing 37 percent for women in the system (Prather, Walter and Jeannie A. Golden 2009). This provides a compelling reason for criminals who have experienced this type of abuse and their reasoning for engaging in crime (Prather, Walter, and Jeannie A. Golden. 2009). Using interaction theory, for many of these individuals extreme abuse was one of the first things they experienced in life. They learned it from their parents or other family members, or perhaps from other children and teachers at school. From verbal to physical abuse, this type of interaction continued to form and become an essential part of their identity and reality. Abuse that escalates into violence and deviance, either to earn a living or to vent anger on another person, resulting in atrocious behavior