Dr Sophie Reeves, Clinical Psychologist, Victorian Institute of ...
Dr Sophie Reeves, Clinical Psychologist, Victorian Institute of ...
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Female Sexually Abusive<br />
Perpetrators<br />
Research is limited because female perpetrated<br />
sexual abuse is not commonly reported<br />
Existing research has identified:<br />
-typologies <strong>of</strong> females who sexually abuse<br />
-higher rates <strong>of</strong> psychiatric conditions compared<br />
to non-sexual <strong>of</strong>fending female population<br />
-rates <strong>of</strong> sexual recidivism are lower in females<br />
than males<br />
e.g.1% compared to 13-14% 14% over 5 years<br />
Cortoni & Hanson (2005)
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