The new issue of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse has a special section on teacher sexual abuse and here are a few of the abstracts from that issue. These and over 400 others are listed on our home site’s bibliography page:
Teacher Sexual Misconduct: Grooming Patterns and Female Offenders
James Knoll
Pages 371 – 386
Educator sexual misconduct has received increasing attention over the past decade. The attention has exposed a number of concerning issues, including a lack of formal research in the area and difficulties in recognizing and prosecuting cases. Public responses to high profile cases of sexual misconduct involving female teachers suggest that gender-biased views on sex offenders remain prominent in society. This article will review the literature on female teacher sexual misconduct in addition to what is known about grooming patterns and warning signs. Finally, current dilemmas in resolving cases of educator sexual misconduct will be discussed, and basic prevention strategies will be recommended.
An Exploratory Analysis of Executive Functioning for Female Sexual Offenders: A Comparison of Characteristics Across Offense Typologies
Dawn M. Pflugradt; Bradley P. Allen
Pages 434 – 449
This study examined the association between female sexual offending behavioral patterns, as delineated by Sandler and Freeman’s (2007) typologies, and executive functioning. The sample included all referrals for sexual offender assessments within a women’s maximum/medium security prison between January 2009 and October 2009. Each subject was administered the Stroop (Golden & Freshwater, 2002) and Trail Making Test (Reitan, 2004) and were assigned to a typological category. Nonparametric analyses were conducted to determine if there was an association between typology and performance on neuropsychological tests. Results yielded no significant associations between test scores and typological category. Subjects displayed average capacities for a subset of executive functions, suggesting that the mechanisms for sexually offending behavior in females may differ from males.
