Faller K C
School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Violence Vict. 1987 Winter;2(4):263-76.
This article describes a clinical sample of 40 women who sexually abused 63 children. Sixty percent of the female perpetrators victimized two or more children. Almost three-fourths of these women sexually maltreated children in polyincestuous family situations. More than four-fifths were mothers to at least one of their victims. The most common form of sexual activity was group sex; the next most common was fondling. The mean age of these women was a little over 26; they were poor and poorly educated. Their victims were also young, having a mean age of 6.4 years at the time the case was identified. About two-thirds of the victims were female and one-third were male. Female perpetrators evidenced marked difficulties in psychological and social functioning. About half had mental problems, both retardation and psychotic illness. More than half had chemical dependency problems, and close to three-fourths had maltreated their victims in other ways in addition to the sexual abuse.
本文描述了一个临床样本，其中40名女性对63名儿童实施了性虐待。60%的女性施虐者侵害了两名或更多儿童。这些女性中近四分之三在多起乱伦的家庭环境中对儿童进行性虐待。超过五分之四是至少一名受害者的母亲。最常见的性活动形式是群体性行为；其次是抚摸。这些女性的平均年龄略超过26岁；她们贫穷且受教育程度低。她们的受害者也很年幼，案件被发现时平均年龄为6.4岁。大约三分之二的受害者是女性，三分之一是男性。女性施虐者在心理和社会功能方面存在明显困难。约一半有精神问题，包括智力迟钝和精神疾病。超过一半有药物依赖问题，近四分之三除了性虐待外还以其他方式虐待受害者。
