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Sexual Offense Adjudication and Sexual Recidivism among Juvenile Offenders
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Caldwell, Michael F. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | 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. Juvenile sex offenders were nearly ten times more likely to have been charged with a nonsexual offense than a sexual offense. Eighty-five percent of the new sexual offenses in the follow-up period were accounted for by the non-sex offending delinquents. None of the 54 homicides (including three sexual homicides) was committed by a juvenile sex offender. The implications of the results for recent public policy trends that impose restrictions that are triggered by a sexual offense adjudication are discussed. |
| Starting Page | 107 |
| Ending Page | 113 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11194-007-9042-7 |
| PubMed reference number | 17530405 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.njjn.org/uploads/digital-library/resource_557.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11194-007-9042-7 |
| Journal | Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |