Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquency with Special Emphasis on Juveniles as Child Sexual Abusers

Abstract

The paper is composed of two parts. The first part covers juvenile delinquency with all its characteristics. When analyzing the delinquency, we gave a special place to the socio-pathological phenomena which is more and more present and the rate is higher from year to year. Social pathology is a huge issue that requires special commitment, first, for its detection and then prevention. Within the delinquency, we also cover the most common crimes committed by juveniles. In the second part of this paper, the authors deal in more details with a specific form of crime which can also be committed by juveniles: child sexual abuse and pedophilia. First, the difference between child sexual abuse and pedophilia will be discussed, a difference that is of particular importance in cases where minors are abusers. Furthermore, the main characteristics of cases when both perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse are minors will be addressed. Although these criminal offenses are rarer in practice unlike the criminal offenses and deviant behaviors treated in the first part, however, knowing the main characteristics and specifics of such cases is of particular importance for the legal-criminal treatment of the perpetrators of these criminal offenses.

Relationship between Sexual Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency among Girls in Kirigiti Girls Rehabilitation and Training Center, Kiambu County, Kenya

“…The findings of this long-term study revealed that those respondents who had experienced CSA were, to a greater extent, susceptible to participating in aggressive behavior, sexual misconduct, and other abuses. Additionally, it has been reported that some attributes of the sexual abuse index modulated the connection between CSA and criminal behavior, with higher relationships being identified among females and males who were generally violently offending and violent in behavior (Papalia et al, 2018;Ratkoceri & Ibis, 2021). According to current studies on childhood adversities, sexually abused females were most likely to reveal occurrences of CSA, misuse/addiction of substances, sexual molestation, and membership in criminal gangs (Beal et al, 2019).…”

“…The World Health Organization (WHO, 2022) describes family violence as a phenomenon that applies to all forms of abuse that occur in familial relationships (i.e., physical, sexual, verbal, spiritual, and neglect of a child's needs) by primary caregivers, parents, and other figures of authority most often in the home setting but also in surroundings such as orphanages and schools. More specifically Penttinen et al (2019) assert that the most prevalent forms of family violence against children consist of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse. One of the worst types of victimization is when children are exposed to familial violence, both in terms of occurrence and severity (Sacks et…”

Preventive activity with children registered with the police

“…Автори підкреслюють, що профілактика є найважливішою частиною всіх заходів у сфері підліткової злочинності. Крім того, успішно реалізована профілактична програма, правильно встановлені цілі профілактики, особливо щодо первинної та вторинної профілактики, призведуть до зниження рівня правопорушень [11]. T. Grădinariu (2021) в результаті ґрунтованого на міждисциплінарному підході дослідження правових та психопедагогічних особливостей булінгу, прийшов до висновків про важливість його профілактики, оскільки вчасно неви-явлена і невиправлена антисоціальна поведінка може посилюватися, загострюватися і приводити до вчинення правопорушень [12].…”

Registration of child sexual abusers and paedophiles as a preventive measure – A comparative analysis

“…According to the diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth and Fifth Edition, a paedophile is defined as an individual who fantasizes, is sexually aroused or experiences sexual excitements towards adolescent children (generally younger than 13 years of age) for a period of at least 6 months (Ratkoceri & Ibish, 2021). According to this Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV; 1) (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) (DSM-V) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), paedophilia is consequently classified as a mental disorder.…”