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Adolescent Sexual Offenders: The Relationship Between Typology and Recidivism
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Chu, Chi Meng Stuart D. M. Thomas |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Adolescent sexual offending represents an ongoing social, judicial, clinical, and policy issue for services. The current study investigated the characteristics, criminal versatility, and rates of recidivism of a cohort of 156 male adolescent sexual offenders who were referred for psychological assessments by the courts between 1996 and 2007 in Singapore. Analyses revealed that specialists (sex-only offenders; n = 71, Mfollow-up = 56.99 months, SDfollow-up = 31.33) and generalists (criminally versatile offenders; n = 77, Mfollow-up = 67.83 months, SDfollow-up = 36.55) differed with respect to offense characteristics (e.g., sexually assaulting familial victims) and recidivistic outcomes. Although both groups sexually reoffended at roughly the same rate (14.3% vs. 9.9%), consistent with their typology, significantly more of the generalists reoffended violently (18.2% vs. 1.4%), sexually and/or violently (27.3% vs. 11.3%), nonviolently (37.7% vs. 16.9%), and engaged in any further criminal behaviors (45.5% vs. 23.9%) during follow-up. Adjusting for total number of offenses and age at first sexual offense, Cox regression analyses showed that generalists were significantly more likely than specialists to reoffend violently (hazard ratio = 9.31; 95% confidence interval = 1.15-76.39). The differences between generalists and specialists suggest a valid typological distinction with a higher risk trajectory for the generalists. These findings therefore have important clinical implications for assessment, management, and intervention planning for adolescent sexual offenders. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1079063210369011?download=true |
| Starting Page | 218 |
| Ending Page | 233 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| ISSN | 10790632 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Journal | Sexual Abuse (SAX) |
| e-ISSN | 1573286X |
| DOI | 10.1177/1079063210369011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications CA |
| Publisher Date | 2010-05-10 |
| Publisher Place | Los Angeles |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2010 |
| Subject Keyword | adolescent sexual abusers victim recidivism typology delinquency juvenile sex offender |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health |
