Sexual Offense Adjudication and Sexual Recidivism among Juvenile Offenders
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- 作者：Michael F. Caldwell
- 关键词：Juvenile delinquents ; Sex offenders ; Recidivism ; Sex offender registration ; Sex offender treatment
- 刊名：Sexual Abuse ; A Journal of Research and Treatment
- 出版时间：June, 2007
- 出版年：2007
- 期刊代码：34_10790632
- 类别：ph
- 卷：19
- 期：2
- 页码：107-113
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
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.