Adolescent sex offenders.

Abstract

In this article, we review the research literature on sexual offenses committed by adolescents. Given the large number of adolescent sex offenders and the even larger number of their victims, most of whom are younger children, this is a subject matter in need of much more empirical study than it has so far received. Topics covered are incidence statistics, offense and victim characteristics, offender characteristics, and recidivism and treatment. Gaps between the clinical and research literature are highlighted, and recommendations for future research are suggested.We wish to thank Bruce Compas and Esther Rothblum for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article.

Violent Juvenile Sex Offenders Compared with Violent Juvenile Nonsex Offenders: Explorative Findings From the Pittsburgh Youth Study

“…Surprisingly, sex offenders did not differ from violent offenders on any of the peer factors. Studies of juvenile sex offenders have described sex offenders as loners who lack adequate social skills (Davis & Leitenberg, 1987;Ford & Linney, 1995;Manocha & Mezey, 1998;Miner & Crimmins, 1995;O'Callaghan & Print, 1994;Ryan & Lane, 1997;Valliant & Bergeron, 1997). It is likely that the similarity between both groups results from the fact that mainly rapists constitute the sex offender group.…”

“…When sex offenders were compared with nonsex offenders, adequately defined control samples (i.e. nonsex offender groups) were mostly lacking (Davis & Leitenberg, 1987;Truscott, 1993;Righthand & Welch, 2001). Therefore, the aim of the current study was to compare sex offenders and nonsex offenders from a normal population sample with respect to a number of sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics, taking into account some of the above-mentioned shortcomings.…”

Adolescents auteurs d’agressions sexuelles : aspects étiologiques, diagnostiques et pronostiques

“…Néanmoins, il n'est pas établi que leur consommation problématique d'alcool ou de drogue soit supérieure à celle de la population générale [8].…”

Links Between Juvenile Sexually Abusive Behaviour and Emerging Severe Personality Disorder Traits in Childhood

“…Official statistics indicate that 20 per cent of those convicted of sexual offences are under 20 years of age (Home Office, 2003), while victim surveys report that 30 to 50 per cent of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other children and adolescents (Davis and Leitenberg, 1987). However, much of the research on juvenile sexual abusers is limited by small sample sizes, heterogeneous samples, and the over representation of non-UK samples.…”