Juvenile Sexual Offenders

Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders.

This study compares the recidivism patterns of a cohort of 249 juvenile sexual offenders and 1,780 non-sexual offending delinquents who were released from secured custody over a two and one half year period. The prevalence of sex offenders with new sexual offense charges during the 5 year follow-up period was 6.8%, compared to 5.7% for the non-sexual offenders, a non-significant difference. Juv...

Family Stress Levels of Identified Juvenile Sexual Offenders

An important question facing the juvenile justice system is the appropriate placement of adolescents who are adjudicated for a sexual offense. In the face of increasing questions about the advisability of institutionalization, there is understandable pressure to determine which juveniles can be successfully managed and treated in the community. The decision about whether they can be safely retu...

Psychopathology and personality in juvenile sexual homicide offenders.

This project describes the psychopathology and personality findings in 14 juveniles who committed sexual homicide. These incarcerated youth were assessed using a structured interview, a personality assessment instrument, correctional files review, and an author-designed clinical interview. Nearly all of these youth met DSM-III-R conduct disorder criteria at the time of the crime. The presence o...

Mediators of change for multisystemic therapy with juvenile sexual offenders.

The mediators of favorable multisystemic therapy (MST) outcomes achieved at 12 months postrecruitment were examined within the context of a randomized effectiveness trial with 127 juvenile sexual offenders and their caregivers. Outcome measures assessed youth delinquency, substance use, externalizing symptoms, and deviant sexual interest/risk behaviors; hypothesized mediators included measures ...

Juvenile Victims and Offenders