An Incident-Based Comparison of Female and Male Sexual Offenders

Abstract

Identifying the ways in which male and female sex offenders differ is an important but understudied topic. Studies that do exist have been challenged by a reliance on small and select samples. Improving on these limitations, we use the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to compare male and female sex offenders among all 802,150 incidents of sexual assault reported to police across 37 states between 1991 and 2011. Findings indicated some broad similarities between groups, including the most prominent offense location (home), most common victim-offender relationship (acquaintance), and the rarity of injuries or drug abuse during crimes. However, the data also showed several important differences between male and female sexual offenders. Most notably, females offended with male accomplices in more than 30% of their sexual crimes--far more often than occurred among male sexual offenders (2%). Likewise, females offended against a victim of the same sex in nearly half of their crimes, yet this was only true in approximately 10% of male sexual offenses. Implications for future research are discussed.

Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by Women: Case Series and Review of the Literature

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A case of female hypersexuality and child abuse and a review

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“…Afin d'obtenir une meilleure estimation de la part de codélinquance chez les délinquantes sexuelles, Williams et Bierie (2015) ont étudié près de 802 150 agressions sexuelles rapportées par 6000 agences de police de 37 États améri-cains de 1992 à 2011 et ont établi que 43 018 avaient été perpétrées par des femmes. De ces délits, 32,5 % étaient le fait d'une codélin-quance avec un homme.…”

“…Les « codélinquantes sexuelles » sont des femmes qui ont commis des agressions sexuelles sur des enfants ou des adultes avec un ou des complices. Les codélinquances constituent pourtant une importante portion des délits sexuels féminins (Williams et Bierie, 2015). Les quelques études qui incluent les codélinquantes comme un sous-groupe spécifique sont peu nombreuses, comparatives et descriptives (p.…”