2012
DOI: 10.1177/0093854812455739
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A Developmental Taxonomy of Juvenile Sex Offenders for Theory, Research, and Prevention

Abstract: The current study investigates the offending trajectories of juvenile sex offenders (JSOs) across and beyond adolescence. In doing so, the study examines the number, the rate, and the shape of nonsexual and sexual offending trajectories in a sample of JSOs followed retrospectively and prospectively from late childhood to adulthood. Using semiparametric group-based modeling, the study reveals the presence of five distinctive nonsexual offending and two sexual offending trajectories: adolescent-limited and high-… Show more

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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.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…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.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…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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confidence: 99%
“…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.…”
Section: Specialized Populations Children and Adolescentsmentioning
confidence: 99%