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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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1 results foundAuthor: Lutfy, Michael-Anthony Title: Women Who Sexually Offend: An Assessment of the Descriptive Model of Female Sexual Offending Summary: Women who sexually offend represent less than 1% of the federal women offender population in Canada, and have received limited research attention. To assist in addressing this gap in the research, the current study was conducted to complement a previous profile of women sexual offenders (Allenby, Taylor, Cossette, & Fortin, 2012) and assessed the validity of the Descriptive Model of Female Sexual Offending (DMFSO; Gannon, Rose, & Ward, 2008; 2010; 2012) with a Canadian sample. The DMFSO is a gender-specific offence process model that accounts for the contributory roles of cognitive, behavioural, affective, and contextual factors leading to a woman sexual offender’s (WSO) index offence (Gannon et al., 2008; 2010; 2012). The DFMSO proposes three distinct pathways for WSOs: (1) Explicit-Approach, which characterizes offenders that explicitly conduct distal and proximal planning, approach offending, and can be motivated by sexual gratification, intimacy, revenge, and financial gain; (2) Directed-Avoidant offenders are directed and coerced by a co-offender, typically want to avoid offending, and generally experience negative affect; and (3) Implicit-Disorganized WSOs typically engage in implicit distal planning, display impulsive and disorganized offending behaviour, and can experience strong to fleeting positive affect, sometimes followed by post-offence negative affect. Fourteen WSOs from all five federal women's correctional facilities participated in qualitative semi-structured interviews focused on their offence narratives. The interviews were coded using the DMFSO Preliminary Offence Pathway Checklist provided by Gannon, Rose, and Ward (2012). The DMFSO was replicable with a Canadian sample and appears to be a valid measure of WSO offending styles. In total, 50% (n = 7) of the sample was classified as Directed-Avoidant and 29 % as Explicit-Approach (n = 4). Implicit-Disorganized was only represented by one participant, with an additional two WSOs considered unclassified. Due to difficulties encountered with the coding and rating protocol, exploratory follow-up analyses were conducted with modified coding criteria. The shift resulted in the Directed-Avoidant pathways being reduced to four participants (29%), Explicit-Approach increasing to five (35%), Implicit-Approach not changing (7%; n = 1), and the number of unclassified WSO increasing to four (29%). Upon further investigation, however, it is suggested that three of the unclassified WSOs shared enough similarity that they may represent a unique additional pathway. This newly-proposed pathway, Adopted-Approach, would be comprised of WSOs who co-offend, but unlike the Directed-Avoidant pathway, approach offending for intimacy or sexual gratification as well as adopt the planning and desired offence style of their co-offender. Further research is required to validate the newly-proposed Adopted-Approach pathway. In addition, the modifications to the DMFSO Checklist proposed in this study may make the Checklist appropriate as an assessment tool to inform treatment targets. Further examination of this possibility would also be necessary. Details: Ottawa: Correctional Service of Canada, 2014. 54p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 4, 2019 at: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/scc-csc/PS83-3-334-eng.pdf Year: 2014 Country: Canada URL: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/scc-csc/PS83-3-334-eng.pdf Shelf Number: 155345 Keywords: Female Offenders Female Sex Offenders Sex Offenders Women Offenders Women Sex Offenders |