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- Title
Recidivism Among Female Child Molesters.
- Authors
Bader, Shannon M.; Welsh, Robert; Scalora, Mario J.
- Abstract
During recent years, research about female sexual offender recidivism rates using official criminal justice records has increased. Although informative, rearrest or conviction rates may be insufficient for this population. This study examines two potential outcome measures for accurately studying recidivism among 57 female sexual offenders; a criminal recidivism measure based on formal legal charges and a reported recidivism measure based on child welfare reports. Based on the criminal recidivism outcome measure, 10(17.5%) women were charged for a subsequent sexual crime. The broader reported recidivism measure identified six additional women with subsequent contact with police or child welfare agencies for sexually inappropriate behaviors. There were no significant differences found between the 41 nonrecidivists and the 16 recidivists. The implications of these findings are discussed. Keywords: child sexual abuse; adult female perpetrators; recidivism; child welfare agencies
- Subjects
RECIDIVISM; CRIME prevention; REHABILITATION of criminals; PREVENTIVE detention; CHILD sexual abuse; CHILD abuse; SEX crimes; CHILD molesters
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2010, Vol 25, Issue 3, p349
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.25.3.349