TY  - BOOK
AU  - Broom, Rachael
ED  - University of East Anglia. School of Social Work and Psychosocial Studies
TI  - Female perpetrators of child sexual abuse
T2  - Social work monographs ; no. 232
SN  - 9781857841305
U1  - P SOC WORK MONO 232 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Norwich
PB  - University of East Anglia
KW  - ABUSIVE WOMEN
KW  - FVC
KW  - CHILD PROTECTION
KW  - LITERATURE REVIEWS
KW  - SEX OFFENDERS
KW  - SOCIAL WORK
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
KW  - UNITED STATES
N1  - Bibliography p. 63-70; xxk
N2  - This study critically reviews the literature on child sexual abuse by female offenders to determine whether it is uncommon or whether the low reporting rate reflects a reluctance to recognise it, with a concomitant failure to effectively work with both victims and perpetrators. The literature highlights the need for increased professional awareness of and response to this phenomenon. Research from the US and the UK is used
ER  -