The exception that proves the rule : female sex offending and the gendered nature of sexual violence
Stathopoulos, Mary
The exception that proves the rule : female sex offending and the gendered nature of sexual violence Mary Stathopoulos, Mary - Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2014 - electronic document (24 p.): PDF file: 695.89 KB; HTML - ACSSA research summary .
ACSSA research summary, March 2014
Key messages:
■Although female sex offending is a serious issue it makes up a very small percentage of all sex offences against children and adults: just under 5% of all offences.
■Half of all female sex offenders in the criminal justice system co-offended with a male perpetrator.
■Male coercion is an important avenue for women's offending.
■Victim/survivors of female-perpetrated sexual abuse do not usually disclose abuse.
■Female sexual offending can be difficult to conceptualise and theorise when most theories of sexual offending are based on male perpetrators.
(from the publication)
2200-2308 (online)
ABUSIVE WOMEN
PERPETRATORS
PREVALENCE
SEX OFFENDERS
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
AUSTRALIA
The exception that proves the rule : female sex offending and the gendered nature of sexual violence Mary Stathopoulos, Mary - Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2014 - electronic document (24 p.): PDF file: 695.89 KB; HTML - ACSSA research summary .
ACSSA research summary, March 2014
Key messages:
■Although female sex offending is a serious issue it makes up a very small percentage of all sex offences against children and adults: just under 5% of all offences.
■Half of all female sex offenders in the criminal justice system co-offended with a male perpetrator.
■Male coercion is an important avenue for women's offending.
■Victim/survivors of female-perpetrated sexual abuse do not usually disclose abuse.
■Female sexual offending can be difficult to conceptualise and theorise when most theories of sexual offending are based on male perpetrators.
(from the publication)
2200-2308 (online)
ABUSIVE WOMEN
PERPETRATORS
PREVALENCE
SEX OFFENDERS
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
AUSTRALIA