Female offenders in child sexual abuse cases: A national picture

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dc.contributor.authorMcLeod, D. A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-23T16:15:09Z
dc.date.available2015-10-23T16:15:09Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractFemale 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, prosecution, and interventions like tracking, registration, or mandated treatment. This could be partially due to differences that exist in their offending behaviors, victim profiles, and personal characteristics that set them apart from male offenders, to whom our systems have become more attuned. This article features an examination of virtually every substantiated child sexual abuse case reported to child protective services in the United States for 2010. Findings detail observed differences between male and female offenders on multiple domains and affirm female sexual offenders to be distinctly different from their male counterparts. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcLeod, D. A. (2015). Female offenders in child sexual abuse cases: a national picture. Journal of child sexual abuse, 24(1), 97-114.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Mcleod7/publication/271591650_Female_Offenders_in_Child_Sexual_Abuse_Cases_A_National_Picture/links/5512d7190cf270fd7e33920f.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2587
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherjournal of child sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectperpetratorsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleFemale offenders in child sexual abuse cases: A national pictureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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