Citation

O'Connor AA. Br. J. Psychiatry 1987; 150(5): 615-620.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Royal College of Psychiatry)

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Abstract

Information on 19 women convicted of indecency and 62 women convicted of other sex offences was examined. Those convicted of indecency offences often had poor social skills and had a high incidence of mental illness, mental handicap and alcoholism. Two were convicted of indecent exposure, a rare offence in women. In 39 (63%) of the sex offences with individual victims, the victims were children and in 9 cases the offender was the mother or step-mother. In 25 cases the women were convicted of aiding and abetting a male offender. Of those convicted of indecent assault on persons under 16 and of gross indecency with children, 48% had a previous history of psychiatric disorder. (Abstract Adapted from Source: British Journal of Psychiatry, 1987. Copyright © 1987 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists)

Female Offender
Sexual Assault Offender
Adult Offender
Adult Violence
Adult Female
Female Violence
Offender Characteristics
England
Foreign Countries
Rape Offender
Child Abuse Offender
Child Sexual Abuse Offender
Child Molester
Mentally Ill Adult
Mentally Ill Offender
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