Female Sex Offenders: An Analysis of Crime Scene Behaviors

Abstract

The concept of the female sex offender (FSO) is a relatively new phenomenon within the social research literature. Studies of female rape, male rape, pedophilia, and juvenile sex offenders have suggested that different styles of offending are reflected in the different types of behaviors committed by offenders at the crime scene. These studies suggest that there are three distinct themes of behavior: Hostility, Impersonal, and Involvement. Multidimensional analysis is carried out on 35 crime scene behaviors of 73 FSOs from U.K. and U.S. law reports. The proposed framework was found to be a useful way of classifying FSOs with 84% displaying a dominant theme. These resulted in 52% classified as displaying Involvement, 17% as Control, and 15% as Hostility. Finally, the implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Sex Offenses Perpetrated Against Older Adults: A Multivariate Analysis of Crime Scene Behaviors

“…The sexual behaviors chosen are likely to demonstrate parallels to normal sexual behavior such as kissing and reciprocal sexual acts, suggesting individuals are compensating for a lack of social contact (Almond et al, 2014). An Involvement theme is regularly found in previous literature (Almond et al, 2014;Almond, McManus, Giles, & Houston, 2017), supporting the assumption that a similar theme was likely to be identified in the present study.…”

“…Variables such as "vaginal penetration (penile)," "offender fondles victim," and "offender masturbates self" support the sexual element regularly found within this theme (Almond et al, 2014;Almond, McManus, Giles, & Houston, 2017). This further supports the theory that sexual gratification is central to Control within the offender's motivation.…”

“…The dominant theme of "Hostility" is characterized by anger and violent behavior resulting in victims experiencing levels of emotional and physical aggression beyond that needed for compliance (Canter et al, 1998(Canter et al, , 2003. Many researchers have proposed that this theme involves offenders viewing the victim as a vehicle to vent frustration (Almond, McManus, Giles, & Houston, 2017). A hostile dominant theme has been identified in many studies of sexual offending including internet facilitated rape (Almond, McManus, & Chatterton, 2017) and male-onmale sexual assault (Almond et al, 2014).…”

The Action System Model: A Typology of Spanish Homicides

“…This procedure offers a global vision of the relationships between all of the variables which permits analysis and interpretation of the psychological processes underlying the homicide ( Salfati and Canter, 1999 ; Groenen and Borg, 2014 ). The Jaccard similarity coefficient was used to calculate the association between the variables, since it is the most appropriate for the treatment of data from police sources ( Ioannou et al, 2015 ; Almond et al, 2017b ; Hempenstall and Hammond, 2018 ). Below, the goodness of fit was assessed for the model using Kruskal’s Stress -I and the R 2 coefficient of determination.…”

Sexual abuse by educators: a comparison between male and female teachers who sexually abuse students

“…The The method of data collection employed is similar to that conducted in several other recent studies into CSA perpetrated by teachers using publicly available data (Darling, 2018;Jaffe et al, 2013;Mototsune, 2015;Moulden, Firestone, Kingston, & Wexler, 2010). These published decisions are subject to stringent legal scrutiny during the professional conduct procedures, enhancing their validity and reliability and making them arguably more accurate than police reports (Almond, McManus, Giles, & Houston, 2015;Porter & Alison, 2004, 2006).…”