Historically, there has been an assumption that women do not commonly perpetrate acts of sexual abuse against children (Wakefiled & Underwager, 1991). Recent interest in women offenders has brought attention to the issue, and challenges the perceptions regarding women who abuse children. The growing interest in the topic of female-perpetrated incidents of sexual victimization has produced some empirical research on the subject. A brief search of the current literature also yields a few published case studies, consisting primarily of reports on personality characteristics and developmental information from female perpetrators. Although this “provides a necessary starting point in understanding female sexual abuse perpetrators” (Wakefield & ...
Females who are perpetrators of sexual offenses are an understudied population. Due to societies’ fa...
The National Society of Protection and Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) estimate that 1 in 20 children ar...
Objectives: A large number of studies have aimed at outlining the personality profile of sex offend...
Historically, there has been an assumption that women do not commonly perpetrate acts of sexual abus...
Women who sexually abuse children are rare and case histories are scarce; even less is known about s...
Women who sexually abuse children are rare and case histories are scarce; even less is known about s...
Women who sexually abuse children are rare and case histories are scarce; even less is known about s...
After attending this presentation, attendees will better understand the gender-specific features of ...
After attending this presentation, attendees will better understand the gender-specific features of ...
grantor: University of TorontoThe purpose of this research was to explore the phenomenon o...
grantor: University of TorontoThe purpose of this research was to explore the phenomenon o...
In the United States criminal justice system, female sexual offenders are among the most unrepresent...
The authors studied offender, offense, and victim characteristics in a cohort of 111 adult female se...
Female perpetrated sexual abuse has historically been a neglected area of research. Encouragement fo...
Research findings suggest that sexual abuse of children by women can have long term negative implica...
Females who are perpetrators of sexual offenses are an understudied population. Due to societies’ fa...
The National Society of Protection and Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) estimate that 1 in 20 children ar...
Objectives: A large number of studies have aimed at outlining the personality profile of sex offend...
Historically, there has been an assumption that women do not commonly perpetrate acts of sexual abus...
Women who sexually abuse children are rare and case histories are scarce; even less is known about s...
Women who sexually abuse children are rare and case histories are scarce; even less is known about s...
Women who sexually abuse children are rare and case histories are scarce; even less is known about s...
After attending this presentation, attendees will better understand the gender-specific features of ...
After attending this presentation, attendees will better understand the gender-specific features of ...
grantor: University of TorontoThe purpose of this research was to explore the phenomenon o...
grantor: University of TorontoThe purpose of this research was to explore the phenomenon o...
In the United States criminal justice system, female sexual offenders are among the most unrepresent...
The authors studied offender, offense, and victim characteristics in a cohort of 111 adult female se...
Female perpetrated sexual abuse has historically been a neglected area of research. Encouragement fo...
Research findings suggest that sexual abuse of children by women can have long term negative implica...
Females who are perpetrators of sexual offenses are an understudied population. Due to societies’ fa...
The National Society of Protection and Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) estimate that 1 in 20 children ar...
Objectives: A large number of studies have aimed at outlining the personality profile of sex offend...