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The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/42574 The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending Spies, Gloudien M. Coetzee, Laetitia Da Costa, Gloria Elizabeth Child Adolescence and adolescent Puberty Child sexual abuse Youth offender Female youth sex offender Sexual offence Sexual activities Diversion Ecological Systems Approach UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. A comprehensive literature review indicated that there is a dearth of research focusing on female youth sex offenders and even less is known about the perceptions of female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending. This study explores the perceptions of female youth sex offenders regarding their reasons for offending. The female youth sex offenders in this study indicated that various factors as discussed below contributed to their offending. The empirical findings of this study confirmed that female youth sex offenders are of the opinion that certain problems within their families possibly contributed to their offending behaviour. Some of these characteristics include factors such as divorce, poor parenting skills, domestic violence, substance abuse and lack of basic care and safety, just to mention a few. Female youth sex offenders’ lack of assertiveness, low self-esteem and identity issues were other factors that most probably contributed to their sexual offending. When taking into account that the majority of the participants’ parents were unemployed, poverty was another factor that most likely played a contributory role. Due to poverty in the household some of these youth were forced to relocate to Girls’ Homes, change schools or drop out of school. In order to curb female youth sex offending one would need to address these factors in a multidisciplinary and holistic manner. This study reports an in-depth qualitative understanding of the perceptions of female youth sex offenders regarding factors that contributed to their offending. In addition the last objective of this study will be the formulation of recommendations to address female youth sex offending more effectively. gm2014 Social Work and Criminology Unrestricted 2014-11-14T07:41:42Z 2014-11-14T07:41:42Z 2014-09-05 2014 Dissertation DaCosta, GE 2014, The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42574> M14/9//94/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42574 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Child Adolescence and adolescent Puberty Child sexual abuse Youth offender Female youth sex offender Sexual offence Sexual activities Diversion Ecological Systems Approach UCTD The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending |
| title | The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending |
| title_full | The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending |
| title_fullStr | The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending |
| title_full_unstemmed | The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending |
| title_short | The perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending |
| title_sort | perceptions of diverted female youth sex offenders regarding the factors that contributed to their offending |
| topic | Child Adolescence and adolescent Puberty Child sexual abuse Youth offender Female youth sex offender Sexual offence Sexual activities Diversion Ecological Systems Approach UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42574 |