Brown, Kelly M. (2021). Female child sexual offenders: exploring their motivations and attitudes, as well as perceptions held by professionals and students towards this population. University of Birmingham. Foren.Psy.D.
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Abstract
This thesis aims to build upon the limited research in the area of female child sexual offending. Following an introduction to the thesis, a systematic literature review is presented in Chapter 1. It provides an overview of goal-based motivations and offence-supportive cognitions reported in women who sexually offend against children, highlighting similarities between motivations in male and female offenders, and identifying those that are specific to females. Implications for practice and future directions are discussed. To enable further exploration of attitudes towards and perceptions of females who sexually offend against children, an empirical study was conducted, which is presented in Chapter 2. Unlike most studies in the area of attitudes towards those who sexually offend, this study utilises a qualitative design and compares attitudes and perceptions between students and professionals who work with females in a therapeutic capacity. Using Thematic Analysis, four themes were identified: (i) the ‘facilitating role of women in society’, (ii) ‘why women offend’, (iii) ‘what should happen to women who offend’, and (iv) ‘factors impacting on attitudes and perceptions’. Chapter 3 presents a critique of the most commonly used scale to measure attitudes and perceptions towards those who sexually offend – The Attitude Towards Sex Offender Scale (ATS) (Hogue, 1993). An overview of the ATS’s development and psychometric properties along with its strengths and limitations is presented. The thesis concludes with an overall discussion.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Foren.Psy.D.) | |||||||||
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Foren.Psy.D. | |||||||||
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| Licence: | All rights reserved | |||||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Life & Environmental Sciences | |||||||||
| School or Department: | School of Psychology | |||||||||
| Funders: | None/not applicable | |||||||||
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | |||||||||
| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/11178 |
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