Abstract:Considering sexual offenders' impact on victims, families, and communities, one cannot understate the importance of utilizing evidence-based dispositions with juvenile offenders adjudicated for sexual offenses. This proves difficult, however, as the body of literature regarding juvenile sexual offenders is complex and often misunderstood. Research on how juvenile sexual offenders experiencebroadly construedthe juvenile justice process is particularly sparse. The research that is available about juvenile sexual… Show more
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