Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; The prevalence of female sex offending: rare or under-recognized?; Understanding denial: the transformation and dialectical processes; The research methodology; Police perspectives on female sex offending; Psychiatrists' perspectives on female sex offending; Victims' perspectives on female sex offending; Conclusion and policy implications; References; Index.

About the Author

Myriam S. Denov is Assistant Professor within the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Reviews

’This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of professional responses to female sex offenders. Anyone interested in this area will be hugely stimulated by the author's careful consideration of victims’ experiences and by her account of the processes of denial within professional settings that women can do such things. The book holds important messages for those involved in policy-making and in the training of professional groups involved with child sex abuse.’ Dr Loraine Gelsthorpe, University of Cambridge, UK ’Professor Denov is to be congratulated for opening up research into the hitherto taboo subject of sex offending by females. She has effectively dispelled the comforting belief that children are never sexually abused by women. Her evidence is robust...More importantly, beyond documenting unpleasant truths, she presents reasoned interpretations of the human emotions and contexts in which the behaviour occurs.’ Professor Donald J. West, University of Cambridge, UK ’Myriam S. Denov brings us an...examination of sexual crimes committed by women...There is no comparable literature that deals with the issues Denov addresses...Perspectives on Female Sex Offending: A Culture of Denial is a must for any collection.’ Academia ’...of interest...to organisations involved in multi-agency public protection panels and all professions involved in child and adult protection, and their professional trainers. This is an awareness-raising and interesting contribution to a persistent taboo subject.’ Journal of Adult Protection ’This book would be useful to those interested in sex offending or the examination of gender-biased perceptions within society. It provides a great deal of information about these issues and it contributes to the literature by drawing attention to a topic that is overlooked and underresearched.’ Criminal Justice Review