Women who sexually abuse children – Results from an anonymous online survey among a non-forensic female sample with sexual interest in children

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Participants engaged in contact sexual offenses with children, indicating voluntary involvement in CSA.
On average, victims were 5.30 years old, while offenders were 25.22 years at the time of their first offence.
Self-report data were collected from 23 German women with an interest in children, revealing educational backgrounds.
Study findings suggest that women who commit CSA may represent a specific subtype, differing from traditional forensic samples.

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Survey highlights self-reported CSA characteristics in women, indicating distinct traits from forensic samples.

Tozdan et al. (2025) studied this question.

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