The increased crime rate for women can be described through neutralization theory, whereby they live their lives day to day as law-abiding citizens and engage in behaviors deemed acceptable in society. The techniques used to best describe the theory are denying responsibility, denying harm or injury, and denying victimhood. As mentioned above, the most frequent crimes committed by women are the use of illicit drugs, petty theft, intent to cause injury, and prostitution. Women at a younger stage in life are sometimes exposed by their parents, siblings or friends to illicit drug use, so they use adolescence to experiment, coming to believe that it is deemed acceptable to shift the blame away from themselves (Matz and Sky). The crime of prostitution committed by women is usually believed to be a career as it is seen as helping women with an income. By denying responsibility that prostitution is a crime, women will continue to work as prostitutes for an income even if they are committing an obvious crime and consider themselves good people who work to earn a wage and make a living. Denial of harm or harm to women who commit minor crimes can result in increased crime rates leading to incarceration. There is also a high rate of women participating in the crime of theft (REF). Women see this as taking something that no one got hurt or hurt