Research Catalog

Title

Perspectives on female sex offending : a culture of denial / Myriam S. Denov.

Author

Denov, Myriam S.

Publication

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2004.

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Details

Description

xii, 225 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"The issue of child sexual abuse has gained widespread attention over the last three decades, but minimal attention has been paid to sexual abuse by women. Victims of female sex offenders have been virtually ignored or neglected from serious study. Consequently, we have little knowledge of the experience of victims or of professional perspectives on female sex offending." "Myriam S. Denov fills these critical gaps in the literature by examining the life histories and experiences of both male and female victims of female sex offenders, and by investigating the impact and consequences of the sexual abuse. She also explores professional responses to female sex offending and the ways in which police officers and psychiatrists have understood, portrayed and managed such cases. In addition to filling the substantial empirical void that surrounds the issue, the book contributes to policy and practice issues relating to victims and to the training of different professional groups involved in child sex abuse."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Welfare and society

Uniform Title

Welfare and society

Subjects

• Sexual abuse victims
• Child sexual abuse
• Female sex offenders
• Denial (Psychology)
• Sex factors in disease
• Social perception
• Women
• women (female humans)
• Social Perception
• Sex Factors
• Denial, Psychological
• Pedophilia > psychology
• Child Abuse, Sexual > psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and index.

Contents

Societal Values and the Recognition of Child Sexual Abuse -- Female Sexual Offending: An Unexplored Phenomenon -- The Prevalence of Female Sex Offending: Rare or Under-Recognized? -- The Controversy -- Case Report Studies -- Case Report Data on Female Sex Offending: A Rare Phenomenon -- Self-Report Studies -- Self-Report Studies on Female Sex Offending: An Under-Recognized Phenomenon -- Barriers to Recognizing Female Sex Offending -- Understanding Denial: The Transformation and Dialectical Processes -- The Dialectical Process -- Sexual Taboos and the Origins of Denial -- The Transformation Process -- The Research Methodology -- The Sensitive Nature of the Research -- A Qualitative Inquiry: Using Interviews -- Data Collection Sites -- Data Analysis and Interpretation -- Police Perspectives on Female Sex Offending -- Police Occupational Culture -- Constructions of Female Sex Offenders -- Understanding Police Constructions -- Police Investigative Policies and Practices -- Psychiatrists' Perspectives on Female Sex Offending -- The Occupational Culture of Psychiatry -- Constructions of Female Sex Offenders -- Understanding Psychiatrists' Constructions -- Victims' Perspectives on Female Sex Offending -- The Experience of Sexual Abuse by Females -- Characteristics of the Sexual Abuse -- Negotiating the Past: Transforming the Sexual Abuse Experience -- The Long-Term Effects of the Sexual Abuse -- Victims' Experiences with Disclosure to Professionals -- Professionals' Responses to Disclosures: Affirming the Culture of Denial.

ISBN

• 0754635651
• 9780754635659
• 1138250007 (paperback)
• 9781138250000 (paperback)

LCCN

2003112474

OCLC

• ocm53192104
• 53192104
• SCSB-1326596

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library