title: Mother-child incest: characteristics of the offender.
abstract: Studies of the childhood, adulthood, and parenthood of women who sexually abuse their children are rarely found in the literature. The characteristics of 26 such mother-child incest offenders are explored by the author and compared to the characteristics found in other studies and in clinical experiences with incest offenders of either sex.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010378:Pedophilia / Q000523:psychology*; D010553:Personality Development; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology