Female Sex Offenders
Subtitle: What Therapists, Law Enforcement and Child Protective Services Need to Know
Publisher: Issues Press
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781930461000
Subjects: Services for; Women's Studies - General; Identification; Criminology; Sociology; True Crime; Mental health; Abuse - General; Adult child sexual abuse victi; General; Female sex offenders; Abuse
Description: "Female Sex Offenders have victimized an estimated three million people in the United States. Our children and youth are not protected, not believed and not treated for the associated trauma because society doesn't believe females are capable of committing sexual abuse. If we are going to protect the victims, we need to look at facts and not be guided by emotions based on mistaken beliefs. In this book, Dr. Julia Hislop explores the backgrounds of offenders, their methods of abuse and the impact on victims. Research-based information, including precursors to abuse and methods to stop offending, will help therapists establish and prioritize treatment goals. Her opening chapter paints a chilling portrait of life events that have led girls to become female sex offenders. Book jacket."--Jacket.