The Silence of Female Sexual Offending: A Public Health Issue

James F. Anderson, Kelley Reinsmith-Jones, Tazinski Lee and Willie M. Brooks

International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2021, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: The idea that females can engage in sexually predatory behavior against children and adolescence is difficult to convey to the lay pubic since most of society believes the notion defies conventional ways of viewing the gendered nature and roles that women traditionally perform. Despite this, scholars and researchers examining child sexual abuse are beginning to report on silent offenders (women and young females) and their victimizations that have been largely ignored by criminal justice personnel who are responsible for holding sex offenders accountable. We argue that female sex offending is more common than believed and is both a criminal justice and a public health issue. We also argue that until society recognizes that sex offending is not a gendered crime, more cases will escape the attention of both criminal justice and public health systems that are in positions to punish and treat where appropriate.

Date: 2021
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