Purpose Research on women who sexually abuse children is relatively scarce and tends to
rely on small or unrepresentative convenience samples. The purpose of the current …

This mixed-methods study compares experiences of female-and male-perpetrated child
sexual abuse using self-report data from a correctional subsample of 26 women and 25 men …

This study investigates the prevalence rates of female perpetrated child sexual abuse in
Ireland and explores the victim and perpetrator characteristics associated with the abuse …

When women encounter the criminal justice system, it is typically as victims rather than as
offenders. Consequently, there is limited empirical research on women who have sexually …

OBJECTIVE: The current study compared a sample of female perpetrators reported to Child
Protective Services (CPS) to a sample of women from the criminal justice system. Instead of …

Female sexual offenders are significantly underrepresented in the literature. Largely due to
a failure of our society to recognize women as offenders, we allow them to avoid detection …

Research on female juvenile sex offenders is limited by small clinical samples. Little is
known about the characteristics of female sexual offending and how it is related to child …

The sexual abuse and assault of children and females in our society continues to be a
growing public health concern. The preponderance of the literature on this topic focuses on …

Abstract In the United States criminal justice system, female sexual offenders are among the
most unrepresented groups of individuals, and they have evaded detection and/or …

Although women have long been viewed as offenders in cases of physical child abuse, it is
only recently that clinicians and researchers have begun to seriously consider the problem …