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We have added more research to the Bibliography pages.  This piece is from Sherianne Kramer and researcher from South Africa.  The piece is titled:

‘On becoming a victim’: Power, gender and sexuality in the production of victims of south african female sex abuse.

Here are a few tidbits from that piece:

FSA prevalence rates:
– Research directly with female sex abusers: 1-8%
– Victims’ self-reports: 58%

 

In fact, legal, medical and psychological institutions continue to insist that female sex crimes are rare regardless of the fact that when various individuals are surveyed about their sexual victimization experiences, the incidence of female perpetrated sex crimes is often higher and much more variable than expected.

 

It is an interesting piece and I would urge everyone to read the entire thing at the link above.  Female sex offenders are a topic that is just starting to be seriously considered around the world.

 

 

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Slowly progress is being made in the area of female perpetrated sexual abuse.  We have just added the piece below to the Bibliography:

Assessing the Impact of Primary Perpetrator Gender In Substantiated CPS Child Sexual Assault Cases: A Secondary Data Analysis of the NCANDS Child File, FFY 2009.

Purpose: Research suggests female child sex offenders perpetrate up to 20% of child sexual assaults in the United States, with data suggesting up to 63% of female, and as many as 27% of male, child sexual abuse survivors report having been victimized by a female. Studies suggest females (who account for up to 20% of child sexual offenses, but only 1% of those imprisoned) could be moving through our child protective and legal systems differently than males. An examination of national child welfare trends centered on perpetrator gender may provide additional insight into this issue. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effect of gender on the way primary perpetrators of child sexual abuse (CSA) are identified, assessed, assisted, and ultimately move from the child welfare system to the legal system.

 

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In 2008 Amber Roderick along with two other girls kidnapped a nine year old and a ten year old boy and forced them to perform oral sex on each other.  They also beat them up and even went so far as to shove a stick down the throat of one of the boys.

For this crime Amber received a two year sentence in a juvenile facility.  After she was released she committed another crime.  According to WalesOnline she did:

Amber Roderick, 19, lured the 16-year-old girl to a party after meeting her in the street then joined two men in a horrific rape attack.

The court heard Roderick sexually assaulted the girl while rubbing dog shampoo over herself and also encouraged 26-year-old Patrick Maughan to abuse the innocent victim.

The teenager eventually managed to flee and the trio were arrested while still drunk from the party, but the court heard how even in police cells Roderick was heard threatening to kill her victim.

If no one knew about her past offenses she could easily have been labeled as being male-coerced in this crime.  Considering the previous offense and the harm she inflicted on her victim it is sad that she was released so quickly and with so little supervision.
The mother of one of the boys talks about the long term harm her son suffered:
The mum has previously told how the attack turned her “outgoing and comical” son into a recluse who is now afraid for his life.
“He sits in his room all day, playing computer games. He won’t go anywhere without someone to go with him.
“My son can’t get through a day without showering several times – he just feels dirty all the time, he feels like he can’t get clean.
“He cries all the time and we can hear him thrashing around in bed when he has nightmares – I am afraid that he will never get over that.

So for those folks that have commented about little or no harm done when the offender is a female, I would say here is another example showing long term harm.

What sentence did Amber receive this time:

Sentencing her to an indefinite prison sentence with a minimum term of four years

So in four years she could be released again.

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