Citation

Muskens M, Bogaerts S, van Casteren M, Labrijn S. J. Sex. Aggress. 2011; 17(1): 46-60.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13552600.2010.544414

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Few studies have examined female sexual offenders who committed a sexual offence with an accomplice (co-offender) and without an accomplice (solo offender). In this study, several offence, victim and offender characteristics of 60 adult female sexual offenders were examined. The first purpose was to explore the personality pathology among these offenders. The second purpose was to examine the sexual, violent and any recidivism rates of these offenders. These offenders were referred for an inpatient or outpatient psychiatric and/or psychological evaluation between January 1999 and December 2008. The results revealed that the mean number of DSM-IV Axis I disorder was larger among solo offenders compared to co-offenders. Conversely, the mean number of DSM-IV personality disorders was larger among co-offenders compared to solo offenders. Furthermore, the sexual, violent and any recidivism rate of these female sexual offenders was 0, 1.9 and 7.7%, respectively. Offender type (i.e. solo offender) significantly predicts a new offence of any type.