A Developmental Taxonomy of Juvenile Sex Offenders for Theory, Research, and Prevention

Lussier, Patrick; Berg, Chantal van den; Bijleveld, Catrien; Hendriks, J.

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“…More generally, there have been a number of studies of sexual offending trajectories (Lussier et al, 2010, Lussier andDavies, 2011;Freiburger et al, 2012). Of specific interest to this study, however, is that of the sexual offending trajectories of juvenile sexual offenders (Lussier et al, 2012). 498 Netherland juvenile sexual offenders, with a mean age of 14.4 years, who had been convicted or confessed to a sexual offense, were selected.…”

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The long term recidivism risk of young sexual offenders in England and Wales– enduring risk or redemption?

Hargreaves

Francis

2014

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Purpose: To examine the long-term sexual recidivism risk of juvenile sex offenders in England and Wales, and to compare the risk to that of a first time sexual offense for nonconvicted juveniles. Additionally, the study explores the long term sexual recidivism risk of other types of juvenile offenders, and the long term violent recidivism risk of these groups. Methods: The England and Wales Offenders Index was used to extract birth cohort data. Life table methods were used to estimate cumulative recidivism risk, and discrete time hazard models were used to compare hazard functions. Results: At the five year period, 7% of juvenile sexual offenders have been reconvicted of a sexual offense; reaching 13% by the end of the 35 year follow-up. When the reconviction hazard of the juvenile sexual offenders was compared with the first sexual conviction risk of a non-convicted comparison group, the hazards converged statistically after 17 years. Conclusions: The study has implications for the registration periods of juvenile sex offenders. Indefinite registration for some juveniles needs to be considered, and a review of registration after a conviction free period would provide more balance between the protection of the public and the rights of the offender. Highlights  We examine the long-term sexual recidivism risk of juvenile sex offenders.  At the end of the 35yr follow-up 13% of sex offenders had a sexual re-conviction.  Sex offenders' hazard converges with the never-convicted after 17 years.  The study has implications for the registration periods of juvenile sex offenders.

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The long term recidivism risk of young sexual offenders in England and Wales– enduring risk or redemption?

Hargreaves

Francis

2014

Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…Mulvey et al [61] very early identified this fundamental limitation when they asserted that previous longitudinal studies have provided little theoretical understanding and policy concerning offenders in the "deep end" of the juvenile criminal justice system. While research on more serious subgroups of juvenile offenders, especially for chronic offenders (e.g., [49]), has dramatically increased in the past two decades with regard to desistance, other subgroups such as violent youth (e.g., [12,81]) and juvenile sex offenders (e.g., [58,55,53,56]) remain under-researched. Yet, in their study, Sampson and Laub [72] concluded that desistance was the norm even among serious and persistent juvenile offenders.…”

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The Adolescence–Adulthood Transition and Desistance from Crime: Examining the Underlying Structure of Desistance

Lussier

McCuish

Corrado

2015

J Dev Life Course Criminology

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Describing and explaining desistance in special categories of juvenile offenders, such as chronic, serious, violent, and sexual offenders, represents a challenge for researchers and practitioners alike. In fact, there is little agreement as to how to best define and measure desistance from crime. In the current study, four conceptualizations of desistance are examined with a sample of 349 incarcerated juvenile offenders. Based on longitudinal data measured from age 12 to 23, desistance was examined through four modeling strategies. Results highlighted inconsistencies in classifying offenders as desisters/persisters across the modeling strategies used. Of importance, following the transition into adulthood, evidence suggests that most of these individuals were not on a life-course pattern of serious, violent, and sexual offending but rather at different stages of desistance. Based on the study findings, a unified model of desistance is proposed to describe and explain desistance from crime among juvenile offenders.

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“…Firstly researchers using birth cohort data have found that more than 90% of adult sexual offenders commit their first offense after age 18 years. 41,42 Secondly, among youth who have commit-ted sexual harm, sexual recidivism has been typically estimated at rates between 4% and 10% through age 30 years, 41,43 with one oft-cited meta-analysis finding a youth sexual recidivism rate of 7%. 44 Although no single mental health factor is believed to be responsible for the commission of sexual harm by youth, elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety have been long been reported in etiological investigations of the population, [45][46][47][48] as well as sexual offense recidivism studies.…”

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Sex Offenders: General Information and Treatment

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Brown²,

Berard³

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Psychiatric Annals

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Sex offenders are often neglected by psychiatrists due to a deficiency in training and a lack of knowledge in the area of sexual offenders. Many sex offenders have a comorbid psychiatric illness, including paraphilic disorders. Research has established that sex offenders can be treated with evidence-based principles. Psychiatrists can serve a pivotal role in the evaluation and biological treatment of sex offenders. Together, psychiatrists can work toward primary prevention of sexual violence by learning the requisite skills to identify and treat risk factors of sexual abuse. [Psychiatr Ann. 2018;48(2):120-128.]

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A Developmental Taxonomy of Juvenile Sex Offenders for Theory, Research, and Prevention

Cited by 73 publications

References 62 publications

The long term recidivism risk of young sexual offenders in England and Wales– enduring risk or redemption?

The long term recidivism risk of young sexual offenders in England and Wales– enduring risk or redemption?

The Adolescence–Adulthood Transition and Desistance from Crime: Examining the Underlying Structure of Desistance

Sex Offenders: General Information and Treatment

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