Female sex offender statistics

We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve government services. You can change your cookie settings at any time. This report compiles statistics from data sources across the Criminal Justice System, to provide a combined perspective on the typical experiences of the different sex groups in England and Wales, PDF , 2.

We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve government services. You can change your cookie settings at any time. PDF , KB , 73 pages. It brings together, for the first time, a range of official statistics from across the crime and criminal justice system, providing an overview of sexual offending in England and Wales. The report is structured to highlight: the victim experience; the police role in recording and detecting the crimes; how the various criminal justice agencies deal with an offender once identified; and the criminal histories of sex offenders. Providing such an overview presents a number of challenges, not least that the available information comes from different sources that do not necessarily cover the same period, the same people victims or offenders or the same offences.

More than women were convicted of sexual offences in The figures, obtained via a freedom of information request , show the number of convictions almost trebled in a decade. Among those convicted were a number of school staff, including teachers, a head teacher and a teaching assistant. Although this type of abuse goes on, determining how common it is can be very difficult, given the limited research in this area.

It is generally known that female sex offenders receive more lenient sentences than their male counterparts Embry et al, Sex-Based Sentencing: Sentencing Discrepancies Between Male and Female Sex Offenders. Feminist Criminology, ;7 2 , are subject to fewer prison assaults, and are granted earlier release on parole. While the former decision is made by the courts, and arguably open to possible court bias, the latter decision is made by correctional officials, and based on relatively reliable results from the research. Even though sexual victimization by either males or females is a traumatizing experience, female offenders are not as dangerous as male offenders, and combine the act with fewer aggravating circumstances, such as weapon possession, kidnapping, and violence. Perhaps because of this, more cases of female sex offending go unreported.