Exploring Taboos: Comparing Male- and Female-Perpetrated Child Sexual Abuse

Autor/in	Peter, Tracey
Titel	Exploring Taboos: Comparing Male- and Female-Perpetrated Child Sexual Abuse
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 7, S.1111-1128 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508322194
Schlagwörter	Violence; Sexual Harassment; Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Females; Child Welfare; Family Structure; Statistical Significance; Gender Differences; Victims of Crime; Individual Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Incidence; Child Neglect; At Risk Persons; Low Income Groups; Socioeconomic Influences; Referral; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Sexuelle Belästigung; Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Weibliches Geschlecht; Kindeswohl; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Geschlechterkonflikt; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ausland; Vorkommen; Kindesvernachlässigung; Risikogruppe; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Kanada
Abstract	The objective of this article is to compare male- and female-perpetrated sexual abuse in terms of victim and abuser characteristics, type of abuse, family structure, and worker information. Bivariate tests of significance were performed on the 1998 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, which included 308 male and 37 female abusers. Results show a prevalence rate of 10.7% for female-perpetrated sexual abuse. Girls were more likely to be victimized for both male- and female-perpetrated sexual violence and females tended to abuse younger children. The majority of children came from families with lower socioeconomic status although one in five victims of female-perpetrated sexual abuse came from middle-class homes. Referrals to child welfare agencies were more likely to be made by nonprofessionals when females abused. (Contains 3 notes and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10