Woman as a sexual offender – Reality or myths?

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to characterize types of female sexual offenders. There exist several typologies for female sexual offenders.The author of the paper comes to the conclusion that female sexual abusers is a reality not only abroad but also in Latvia. In Latvia, this issue is not studied in great depth, thus deeper studies of the theoretical and practical issues related to female sex offenders are necessary. The study of sexual offenders is still a developing, growing, and ever-changing field of research.