Female perpetrators of child sexual abuse: A review of the clinical and empirical literature

Date

1999

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Aggression and Violent Behavior

Abstract

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 of female-perpetrated sexual abuse of children. The purpose of the present paper is to review existing clinical and empirical literature on female sex offenders, in order to develop a summary profile of female perpetrators that may be of value to professionals involved in the assessment and treatment process.  1998 Elsevier Science Ltd

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Keywords

female sex offenders, female perpetrators, child sexual abuse

Citation

Grayston, A. D., & De Luca, R. V. (1999). Female perpetrators of child sexual abuse: A review of the clinical and empirical literature. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 4(1), 93-106.

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