Risk assessment with female sex offenders: Can women meet the criteria of community protection laws?

Vess, James

doi:10.1080/13552600.2010.528844

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“…To reduce the possibility of a high false alarm rate, the recidivism risk factors clinically judged to be relevant in a given case must be sufficiently present -in fact quite blatant (e.g., she tells you she will do it again; see Cortoni et al, 2010) -in order to make a determination of high risk for sexual recidivism among women (for a discussion of issues related to the assessment of women for civil commitment, see Vess 2011).…”

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The Assessment of Female Sexual Offenders

Cortoni

Gannon

2016

The Wiley Handbook on the Theories, Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offending

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The Assessment of Female Sexual Offenders

Cortoni

Gannon

2016

The Wiley Handbook on the Theories, Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offending

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“…Fourth, Vess (2011), asserts gender-specific assessments should be conducted to discover factors that contribute to female sex offending. Justice policymakers must recognize that FSOs exist and must be provided proper gender and case specific treatment in correctional settings.…”

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Female Sexual Offending: A Neglected Criminal Justice Issue

Anderson¹

2020

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Scholars, researchers, and law enforcement officers examining child sexual abuse cases are beginning to report that adolescent and adult females are responsible for a growing number of sexual offenses. This new revelation may reveal that justice officials and many in the lay public do not view the gravity of female and male sexual offending equally. This investigation reveals that female sex offending is more common than traditionally thought and is a neglected criminal justice issue. It also shows that until society recognizes that sex offending is not a gendered crime, more cases will escape the attention of the criminal justice system.

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“…La predicción del riesgo en delincuentes juveniles parece ser igualmente efectiva en chicos y chicas, dándose más diferencias en la toma de decisiones profesionales y el trato que se da a los casos que en la capacidad predictiva de las herramientas (Schwalbe, 2008). Respecto al riesgo de otros tipos de violencia, por un lado se seña-la que la baja cifra de delincuentes sexuales ha dificultado el desarrollo de estudios en la materia, obteniéndose muchos falsos positivos y no recomendándose la utilización de herramientas actuariales (Vess, 2011), que fundamentan la decisión en ecuaciones matemáticas derivadas de aplicaciones en muestras concretas. En agresoras de pareja, la investigación sobre evaluación del riesgo es muy deficitaria (véase Nicholls, Pritchard, Reeves y Hilterman, 2013), aunque se señala que estas pueden compartir con los varones los principales factores de riesgo utilizados en las herramientas para la evaluación del riesgo de VCP (Simmons, Lehmann y Cobb, 2008;Storey y Strand, 2012).…”

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Mujeres delincuentes violentas

Loinaz¹

2014

Psychosocial Intervention

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Palabras clave: Delincuencia femenina Riesgo de violencia Psicopatía Tratamiento Reincidencia Keywords: Female crime Violence risk Psychopathy Treatment Recidivism R E S U M E NLa delincuencia violenta femenina es poco atendida en países hispanohablantes. La presente revisión resume los principales avances acumulados internacionalmente en la última década (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) sobre el estudio de la mujer como sujeto violento y/o delincuente. Se analizan la violencia contra la pareja (VCP) y sexual cometida por mujeres, la evaluación de la psicopatía y del riesgo de violencia, el tratamiento de estas agresoras y su reincidencia. Aunque la amplitud temática impide analizar exhaustivamente todos los delitos (no se incluye el maltrato infantil, por ejemplo), la revisión permite concluir que: existen sesgos jurídicos y policiales en el tratamiento de la mujer delincuente, las mujeres pueden cometer el mismo tipo de VCP y con motivaciones similares a los hombres, la violencia sexual es poco frecuente pero existen muchas limitaciones en su estudio, la predicción del riesgo de violencia inespecífica es factible con las herramientas disponibles, la psicopatía es menos prevalente en mujeres pero las diferencias con varones se reducen en población juvenil, el conocimiento sobre el tratamiento de estas agresoras es muy limitado y sin evidencias sobre su efectividad y las tasas de reincidencia son bajas (aunque la información disponible es escasa). Se discuten las principales implicaciones y líneas de interés. A B S T R A C TFemale violent offending is an understudied topic in Spanish-speaking countries. This review explores the major research findings accumulated internationally over the last decade (2003-2013) about women's violence and crimes. The focus of the review is the intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence committed by females, the psychopathy and violence risk assessment, and the treatment and recidivism of these female offenders. Although the female offender topic is too wide to review all crime typologies (child physical abuse is not included, for example) the review indicates that: there are legal and police biases in the treatment of women offenders; women can commit the same IPV and share the motivations of male offenders; sexual violence has a low prevalence, but there are many limitations in this research topic; predicting the risk of non-specific violence is feasible with the available tools; psychopathy is less prevalent among adult female offenders, although there are fewer differences with male offenders among adolescent samples; research about treatments is very limited and there are not effectiveness evidences; and last, recidivism rates for violent crimes are very low (in cases where information is available). Main implications and research lines are discussed.

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Risk assessment with female sex offenders: Can women meet the criteria of community protection laws?

Cited by 15 publications

References 58 publications

The Assessment of Female Sexual Offenders

The Assessment of Female Sexual Offenders

Female Sexual Offending: A Neglected Criminal Justice Issue

Mujeres delincuentes violentas

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