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
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Reference
SOURCE RESEARCH
Women Who Sexually Offend Display Three Main Offense Styles: A Re-examination of the Descriptive Model of Female Sexual Offending
Gannon, T.A., Waugh, G., Taylor, K., Blanchette, K., O’Connor, A., Blake, E., & Ciardha, C.O. (2014). Women Who Sexually Offend Display Three Main Offense Styles: A Re-examination of the Descriptive Model of Female Sexual Offending. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 26(3), 207-224
Published: 2014
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