Offense Style of Female Sexual Offenders

Overview

What are the three most common pathways to female sexual offending? Which of these pathways is most likely result in factors that could aggravate sentencing?

Summary

In 2008, a descriptive model of female sexual offending was developed based on 22 cases of female sexual offenders in the United Kingdom.  It was called the Descriptive Model of Female Sexual Offending (DMFSO) and its focus is from one year to just prior to the offending behavior.  The authors, in the original and subsequent studies, detailed three pathways to female sexual offending.  These pathways are