European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 2, t978 Detroit Seattle wash., and Erie. A Ort a incidents of tooting and women nearing Equality in crime Washington up women Are approaching Equality with men in the Crimi Nazarena but they favor embezzling fraud or forgery Over violence a govern ment financed study reveals publicized female armed robbers political terrorists kidnappers and murder ers Are rare exceptions researchers at 5� University of Illinois said in a report prepared Lor the Law enforcement assist among women has risen faster than among men. Especially since 1967. The report said but women Are turn ing to property crimes while the level of their violent crimes has remained Low an fairly stable lie report said. It is larceny embezzlement fraud and forgery that Are proving so attractive to women and not homicide assault an armed  the report said. Rita j. Simon and Navin Sharma. Who conducted the study As part of the univer sity s program for Law and society said calculations show women Are gaining on men in the Fri s annual crime reports in 1975 women committed 29 7 percent of the reported forgeries compared to 14 percent in 1953. For embezzlement and fraud the percentage Rose from 18 3 to 34 7and for larceny from i,1.9 o 32 5. But for homicide it Only Rose from 14 1 percent to 15.6 percent. Burglary Rose from 2 percent to 5.5 percent and robbery from 4.3 percent to 7.1 percent. Assault dropped from 15 9percen to 13.9percent