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Do female sex offenders present special issues and problems?

By Douglas A. Berman

This new piece at CorrectionsOne, titled "Female sex offenders: A new phenomena?," prompts the question in the title of this post. Here are snippets from the article: The majority of sex offender research pertains to male offenders. However, in recent years some big cases have called attention to a "new phenomenon" ? the female sex offender. The media is responsible for much of the hype, primarily because many of the perpetrators have been attractive school teachers.... According to a 2006 report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, women commit less than 10 percent of prosecuted sex crimes in the U.S.  Females represent only one percent of arrests for forcible rape and about six percent for other sex crimes. While adult female sex offender rates have not increased, research shows that female juvenile sexual offenses are on the rise...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).