Michelle Moore, narrating: Many hoped that the abolition of men would lead to the abolition of crime. Sadly, this has not proven true. However, crime and punishment have both changed greatly. We talked to the Attorney General of New York, Charlotte Pierce.
CP: The most remarkable phenomenon, of course, has been the drop in violent crime. Rape is a freak occurrence--I think we had about a dozen nationwide last year--and murder dropped by over ninety percent. Assault still happens, usually committed by born-women and usually under the influence of a combination of alcohol and sexual jealousy, but it's much less likely to cause grave bodily harm, among other reasons because women simply aren't strong enough to cause the kind of damage men used to.
MM: What about other kinds of crime?
CP: Non-violent crimes against property have become the chief concern of law enforcement. Shoplifting was hardly affected at all by the change, and embezzlement actually increased, as unscrupulous women took advantage of the chaos caused by the change to fill their own purses. Changed women, unfamiliar with their new bodies and roles, were also targets for born-women con-artists and extortionists. Burglary and Grand Theft Auto have both gone down, but there's still more than enough to keep the ladies on the force busy. Although many formerly illegal drugs were legalized shortly after the change, trafficing in illegal drugs such as heroin remains a problem. The new female gangs are much less violent than the old male-dominated gangs, but they're also much harder to crack--much more cohesive than the old gangs.