Female perpetrators
Kvindelige gerningsmænd er i dansk kriminalsprog en betegnelse for kvindelige personer, der har begået en strafbar handling. Begrebet er ikke et selvstændigt juridisk specialudtryk, men afspejler en kønsneutral brug af det almindelige ord 'gerningsmand'.
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