CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1.  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Gender is clearly seen as economic, social and cultural features, qualities and chances related with being either a male or female. Basically in most societies, men and women are totally different from each other and this is seen in their activities and business, and also their access to and control over resources, and partaking in decision-making. Gender is a power tool, a social institution and cultural construct.
The idea of gender is not constrained to the male or female species, but further breaks the bound to fully assess the correlations between them. This relationships has continuously been argued on by researchers, the layman, political parties, etc in the process of enforcing change in the political environment, economy, social and cultural environments at the local, national and supra national levels to mention but a few.
Crime is a specifically an interesting event and a huge problem in any society because it is in all ramification the opposite of good deed. This is basically true if we define crime broadly in terms of behavior in which individuals acquire resources from others by force, fraud, or stealth. Criminal acts do just the opposite of good. People who commit these acts intentionally harm others in other to satisfy their selfish interests.
Conventionally, crime is defined as acts forbidden by law that can be punishable by imprisonment. Murder, robbery, burglary, rape, drunken driving, child neglect, and failure to pay your taxes etcall are examples of crime. The behavioral definition of crime centers on, criminality, a specified personality profile that encourages all manner of crimes. Criminal behaviors comprises the use of force, fraud, or stealth to obtain material or symbolic resources. Furthermore, criminality is a style of strategic behavior characterized by self-centeredness, selfishness, indifference to the suffering and needs of others, the feeling of “I cannot achieve it on my own” and low self-control.
 Gender criminalities in Nigeria have caused The study of gender simply means having total knowledge of both the roles women and men play together with their responsibilities. A comparism on the impact of gender criminality in Nigeria has to do with the comparative analysis between male and female, these will also throw more light on gender inequalities in the society and how it encourages criminality in Nigerian prisons, Suleja prisons specifically. The term Gender inequality does not actually mean that all women are worse than all men, neither is the reverse. But to some degree, gender (being male or female) is a vital social separation described by the word inequality. Gender to a large extent influences people’s perspectives and their social expectations. Gender equality on the other hand has to do with women and men enjoying the same status and having equal human rights and also the opportunities for acknowledging their full right and humans and the ability to partake, contribute to national, political, economic, social, and cultural development, and also to benefit from the end results. Gender equality reduces crime and fosters unity, growth and development in the society.