Résumé :
|
Sexual offending by women has long been an under-recognized and under-researched area. This is not surprising, as women offenders have traditionally been an afterthought in research on criminal behaviour, with the majority of research having been conducted on male offenders. In criminological psychology, there has been a long tradition of applying malebased knowledge to explain criminal behaviour by women (Blanchette & Brown, 2006). One reason for this practice has been an assumption that the factors that lead to criminal behaviour are universal, regardless of gender. Research has now shown, however, that although male and female offenders share some common characteristics (e.g. antisocial attitudes; antisocial peers), differences do exist (Barker, 2009; Blanchette & Brown, 2006). Similarly, the emerging empirical evidence on women who sexually offend indicates that while male and female sexual offenders appear to share some characteristics, important differences in risk of recidivism and factors related to their sexually abusive behaviour exist (Gannon & Cortoni, 2010; Gannon, Rose, & Ward, 2008). [Extrait]
|