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Female Sex Offenders

Characteristics of and research on women who sexually abuse children.

Female Child Molesters
Hislop (1999)
In Female Sexual Abusers: Three Views
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Includes demographic and psychosocial history data.

Female Sex Offenders: What Therapists, Law Enforcement and Child Protective Services Need to Know
Hislop (2001)
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Discusses acts committed by mothers, siblings, and caretakers. Provides a sample developmental profile of a female sexual offender from birth to early adulthood.

Female Sexual Abusers of Children
Boroughs (2004)
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Includes an examination of the statistical data and provides a psychological profile of these women.

Female Sexual Abusers: Three Views
Davin, Dunbar, & Hislop (1999)
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Includes a study of female offenders, explores female child molesters, and discusses women who sexually abuse female children.

Women Who Sexually Molest Female Children
Dunbar (1999)
In Female Sexual Abusers: Three Views
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Describes a comparative analysis of six studies of women who sexually molested prepubertal female children.

Updated on March 1, 2010