The first figure shows the percentage of criminal convictions in the UK that occur among men and women of different ages, while the second compares the percentage of male and female prisoners in British* gaols. It is clear from the graphs that most convicted criminals in the UK are in their early twenties and that men are much more likely to be convicted than women. The male conviction rate increases sharply from just 2 percent among 10 – year – olds to about 16 percent among 20 – year – olds. Meanwhile, the rate of convictions among female rises from 0 percent at the age of 10 to around 5 percent at 20. After this, the percentage of criminal convictions for both men and women decreases. According to the figures, 60 – year – old men only commit about 2 percent of all crimes and 60 – year – old women do not commit any crime at all. Not surprisingly, the second graph shows that 96 percent of all prisoners are men while only 4 percent are female.