Female sexual-offenders: Personality pathology as a mediator of the relationship between childhood sexual abuse history and sexual abuse perpetration against others

Christopher, Kelly Ann; Lutz-Zois, Catherine J.; Reinhardt, Amanda R.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.02.006

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“…CI 95 % confidence interval, OR odds ratios; CI that do not include 1.00 indicate a significant OR at p\0.05; significant OR are in bold, a entering variables for non-sexual abuse and demographics, b entering variables for mental health problems and substance use/violent behavior In the present study the experience of sexual abuse was found equally important as a risk factor for sexual coercive behaviors in female as well as in male adolescents. This finding expands previous research based on female offender samples which found mixed results regarding the experience of sexual victimization as a risk factor for sexually coercive behaviors (e.g., Christopher et al, 2007;Glasser et al, 2001). Given the high percentage of sexual abuse among females who reported sexual coercion in the present study, the understanding of how sexual abuse affected sexual aggression should become a major issue in future research of female sex offenders.…”

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“…Nevertheless, some studies also found high prevalence rates for sexual abuse histories and a longer duration of childhood sexual abuse in female sex offenders compared to non-sex offenders and male sex offenders,respectively (Christopher,Lutz-Zois,&Reinhardt, 2007;Van der Put, Van Vugt, Stams, & Hendriks, 2013). In sum, there is limited evidence for the sexually abused-abuser hypotheses in females.…”

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“…Among victims of CSA, a close relationship with the offender and the experience of severe forms of sexual abuse were found related to later committed sexual coercion (Burton, Miller, & Tai Shill, 2002;Christopher et al, 2007;. We additionally examined whether multiple sexual abuse episodes, oral, vaginal or anal penetration, abuse before age 12, abuse by a stranger, or abuse by a family member predicted sexual coercion in those youths who report contact sexual abuse.…”

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Testing the “Sexually Abused-Abuser Hypothesis” in Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

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A long-standing belief in the literature on sex offenders is that sexually victimized youths are at increased risk of becoming sex offenders themselves. The present study tested the link between past sexual abuse, either with or without contact, and sexually offending behavior in a representative sample of male and female adolescents while controlling for other types of abuse, mental health problems, substance use, and non-sexual violent behaviors. Self-reported data were collected from a nationally representative sample of 6,628 students attending 9th grade public school in Switzerland (3,434 males, 3,194 females, mean age = 15.50 years, SD = 0.66 years). Exposure to contact and non-contact types of sexual abuse was assessed using the Child Sexual Abuse Questionnaire and sexually offending behavior by the presence of any of three behaviors indicating sexual coercion. Two-hundred-forty-five males (7.1 %) and 40 females (1.2 %) reported having sexually coerced another person. After controlling for non-sexual abuse, low parent education, urban versus rural living, mental health problems, substance use, and non-sexual violent behavior, male adolescents who were victims of contact sexual abuse and non-contact sexual abuse were significantly more likely to report coercive sexual behaviors. Females who experienced contact or non-contact sexual abuse were also found at increased risk of committing sexual coercion after controlling for covariates. The present findings demonstrate a strong relationship between past sexual abuse, with and without physical contact, and sexual-offending behavior in male and female adolescents. Reducing exposure to non-contact sexual abuse (like Internet-based sexual exploitation) should become a new area of sexual violence prevention in youths.

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“…Female sexual aggressors also tend to report early experiences of abuse (Christopher, Lutz-Zois, & Reinhardt, 2007;Gannon et al, 2008). However, studies have often disregarded the age or stage at which sexual victimisation occurred, as highlighted by a meta-analysis (Jespersen, Lalumière, & Seto, 2009).…”

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Sexual victimisation, sexual cognitions, desire and excitation/inhibition in community Spanish male and female sexual aggressors

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Sierra

2015

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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“…Es importante señalar que la investigación en esta línea no ha estado exenta de críticas respecto a sus limitaciones metodológicas, frecuentemente asociadas al tamaño de las muestras (Christians & Thyer, 2002citados en Christopher, Lutz-Zois, & Reinhardt, 2007, constitución de las mismas (Boroughs, 2004;Christopher et al, 2007;JohssonLove & Fremouw, 2006) y el corte cualitativo de los estudios en la configuración de conclusiones.…”

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Delitos Sexuales Infanto-Juveniles Perpetrados por Mujeres: Caracterización Y Análisis Fenomenológico en el Contexto Chileno

Zúñiga

Salinas

2014

Univ Psychol

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r e s u M e n Este artículo presenta una aproximación exploratorio-descriptiva a los delitos sexuales cometidos por agresoras mujeres contra niños, niñas y adolescentes. A partir de las características fenomenológicas de los delitos sexuales, se toman algunas de las principales variables identificadas, tales como vínculo víctima-victimaria, estrategia de sometimiento, tipo de delito, entre otras, las que se investigaron a través de un enfoque cuantitativo, teniendo como fuentes de información expedientes judiciales e informes psicológicos forenses. Los principales hallazgos indican que la mayoría de las víctimas infanto-juveniles son preescolares y tienen un vínculo de confianza y/o afecto con la agresora y la clase de contacto sexual impuesta por la autora está en relación con la edad de la víctima. A modo de conclusión, se aprecia un vuelco fenomenológico respecto a la casuística en agresores hombres, siendo el rol de cuidadora de la víctima el que cobra protagonismo.Palabras clave agresoras sexuales; delitos sexuales; psicología forense a b s t r a c t This article is a phenomenological descriptive-exploratory approach to sex offenses committed by women against children and adolescents, both male and female. The study is based on the quantification of the main variables generally taken into account by the specialized literature, such as victimoffender bond, victim, victimization strategy, nature of the offense, among others. The sources of information used for the investigation consisted of legal records and psychological reports, both provided by an institution which has an assisting role to the Chilean legal system. The main findings indicate that most of the victims belong to nursery school and have a publically known bond to the offender. Also, the strategy used to achieve submission of the victim as well as the nature of the sexual contact itself are both likely to be related to the age of the victim. As a conclusion, a phenomenological turn can be recognized regarding the place of the offender in the victim's life, in which the role of care-taker becomes crucial in the comprehension of this kind of offence.

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Female sexual-offenders: Personality pathology as a mediator of the relationship between childhood sexual abuse history and sexual abuse perpetration against others

Cited by 86 publications

References 42 publications

Testing the “Sexually Abused-Abuser Hypothesis” in Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

Testing the “Sexually Abused-Abuser Hypothesis” in Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

Sexual victimisation, sexual cognitions, desire and excitation/inhibition in community Spanish male and female sexual aggressors

Delitos Sexuales Infanto-Juveniles Perpetrados por Mujeres: Caracterización Y Análisis Fenomenológico en el Contexto Chileno

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