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Characteristics of Female Adolescent Sexual Offenders

NCJ Number
113038
Journal
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1988) Pages: 148-151
Author(s)
F S Fehrenback; C Monastersky
Date Published
1988
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Descriptive data on a group of female adolescent sexual offenders seen in an outpatient clinic are presented, including characteristics of offenders, offenses, and victims.
Abstract
Unlike female adult sexual offenders of previous studies, these adolescents committed offenses without coercion from male co-offenders starting at an early age. Results are discussed with reference to gender differences among adolescent sexual offenders.