The Proportion of Sexual Offenders Who Are Female Is Higher Than Thought: A Meta-Analysis

被引:127
作者
Cortoni, Franca [1 ]
Babchishin, Kelly M. [2 ]
Rat, Clemence [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Montreal, Sch Criminol, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[2] Univ Ottawa, Mental Hlth Res Inst, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[3] Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
female sexual offenders; prevalence; meta-analysis; WOMEN; ABUSE;
D O I
10.1177/0093854816658923
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Women commit sexual offenses, but the proportion of sexual offenders who are female is subject to debates. Based on 17 samples from 12 countries, the current meta-analysis found that a small proportion of sexual offenses reported to police are committed by females (fixed-effect meta-analytical average = 2.2%). In contrast, victimization surveys indicated prevalence rates of female sexual offenders that were six times higher than official data (fixed-effect meta-analytical average = 11.6%). Female sexual offenders are more common among juvenile offenders than adult offenders, with approximately 2 percentage points more female juvenile sex offenders than female adult sex offenders. We also found that males were much more likely to self-report being victimized by female sex offenders compared with females (40% vs. 4%). The current study provides a robust estimate of the prevalence of female sexual offending, using a large sample of sexual offenses across diverse countries.
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页码:145 / 162
页数:18
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