TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The proportion of sexual offenders who are female is higher than thought: a meta-analysis
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Cortoni, Franca A.
A1  - Babchishin, Kelly M.
A1  - Rat, Clémence
SP  - 145
EP  - 162
VL  - 44
IS  - 2
N2  - Women commit sexual offenses, but the proportion of sexual offenders who are female is subject to debates. Based on 17 samples from 12 countries, the current meta-analysis found that a small proportion of sexual offenses reported to police are committed by females (fixed-effect meta-analytical average = 2.2%). In contrast, victimization surveys indicated prevalence rates of female sexual offenders that were six times higher than official data (fixed-effect meta-analytical average = 11.6%). Female sexual offenders are more common among juvenile offenders than adult offenders, with approximately 2 percentage points more female juvenile sex offenders than female adult sex offenders. We also found that males were much more likely to self-report being victimized by female sex offenders compared with females (40% vs. 4%). The current study provides a robust estimate of the prevalence of female sexual offending, using a large sample of sexual offenses across diverse countries.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854816658923
ID  - ref1
ER  -