TY  - SER
AU  - Stathopoulos, Mary
TI  - The exception that proves the rule : : female sex offending and the gendered nature of sexual violence
T2  - ACSSA research summary
SN  - 2200-2308
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Melbourne, Vic.
PB  - Australian Institute of Family Studies, 
KW  - ABUSIVE WOMEN
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - PREVALENCE
KW  - SEX OFFENDERS
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - AUSTRALIA
N1  - ACSSA research summary, March 2014
N2  - 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)
UR  - https://aifs.gov.au/resources/practice-guides/exception-proves-rule
ER  -