Women Underrepresented in Prison Populations

According to 2008 Department of Justice data, there were almost 13 times more men in U.S. prisons than women (see top chart above), and data from the Death Penalty Information Center show that there were about 65 men on death row for every woman in 2007 (see bottom chart above).

In other words, the data clearly show that men are way overrepresented (and women way underrepresented) in overall prison populations and among death row inmates. Isn't that what Larry Summers said that led to his resignation as president of Harvard University (see quote below)?

It does appear that on many, many different human attributes-height, weight, propensity for criminality, overall IQ, mathematical ability, scientific ability - there is relatively clear evidence that whatever the difference in means - which can be debated - there is a difference in the standard deviation, and variability of a male and a female population.

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