C.A.S.C.I.
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF SEX CRIMES INVESTIGATORS

"Female Sex Offenders: Understanding the Dynamics and                           

Supporting Survivors”

Female perpetrators rarely abuse children who they do not know. They typically gain access to their victims through on-going trusted relationships. The victims are their own daughters and sons, other relatives, their students or their neighbors’ children. Yet our society still denies that women perpetrate sexual abuse. Ignorance and minimization of the problem impede victims’ opportunities for intervention and healing. 

This unique workshop shines a spotlight on female offenders and their victims. Mother-daughter sexual abuse especially occurs undetected. We’ll examine the complex mother-daughter incestuous relationship—the subtle, yet intentional violations of normal mother-child boundaries, covert and overt abuse and the psychological manipulations used to silence victims. These “pre-disposed offenders” usually act alone but we will also share examples of mothers who co-offend with their male partners.

Attendees will learn ways to include mothers as potential perpetrators in sexual abuse investigations. Recent cases of the successful prosecutions of female offenders will be shared. We’ll close with a look at the unique challenges that male victims of female offenders often experience.
 

This dynamic program is both research-based and survivor-informed. The presenter is an experienced counselor and the resilient survivor of mother-daughter sexual abuse.