Republic Of China Shanghai Women Crime (1927-1937)

This paper mainly discussed women crimes in Shanghai during 1927 1937.To begin with ,we analyzed the general background of women in Shanghai at that time.We found that women's career were diversified and the fields that women participate were also widened.Shanghai society was greatly influenced and changed by women while they were fully participated and immersed into the society.As to women crimes in Shanghai at that time, after detail study ,we found that the rate of women crimes in some fields increased rapidly and diversifiedly though maximum of women crimes were not so high.This situation showed that women crimes in Shanghai during 1927—1937 has really became a unignoreable social problem.In the second place ,this paper also analyzed the kind of women crimes during 1927—1937 .We can see clearly from the historical materials that women crimes were widely arranged in nearly every fields of the society from non-violent crimes such as kidnaps for selling ,cheating to violent crimes such as murdering, kidnaps.From the relationship between women crimes and the society we can say some women crimes were non-society,at the same time we need to know that women crimes were the product of social functions.That is to say not only women criminals but also the victims were the product of social functions.Finally, this paper also discussed the cause and characteristics of women crimes from women themselves and society respectively.From the discussion we can draw a conclusion that the turbulent of the society and the increasing of social problems and contradictions were the major causes of women crimes in Shanghai during 1927-1937.