Perspectives on female sexual offending in an Irish context

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dc.contributor.authorLambert, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorHammond, Sean
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-12T16:00:48Z
dc.date.available2019-02-12T16:00:48Z
dc.date.issued2009-09
dc.date.updated2019-02-12T15:55:39Z
dc.description.abstractThe issue of child sexual abuse perpetrated by women has received little recognition by researchers and when the subject is addressed it is often dismissed as being a rare event. It is only in the last decade that greater interest has been shown in the area of female-perpetrated sexual abuse of children. This is due to the dramatic increase of research into all types of sexual offending and the decrease in the taboo surrounding victimisation. Current literature in the area has largely looked at the development of typologies and establishing prevalence rates. More recently research has focused on ‘barriers’ to recognising this type of abuse. The purpose of this paper is to identify Irish perspectives on female sexual abusers and how this relates to the current literature. A questionnaire was distributed to health care professionals and volunteer workers in children’s charities. The results indicate that there is confusion about how to manage female sexual abusers and this is similar to other research findings in the area.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationLambert, S. and Hammond, S.M. (2009) 'Perspectives on female sexual offending in an Irish context', Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 9(1), pp. 15-32. doi: 10.21427/D7SJ0Ven
dc.identifier.doi10.21427/D7SJ0V
dc.identifier.endpage32en
dc.identifier.issn1393-7022
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleIrish Journal of Applied Social Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage15en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7483
dc.identifier.volume9en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSocial Care Irelanden
dc.relation.urihttps://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol9/iss1/4/
dc.rights© Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies. Published under a CC-BY licenseen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectFemale sex offendersen
dc.subjectChild sexual abuseen
dc.subjectChild protection workersen
dc.subjectRisk assessment toolen
dc.titlePerspectives on female sexual offending in an Irish contexten
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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