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ERIC Number: EJ804776
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0886-2605
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Delinquent Histories of Adolescents Adjudicated for Criminal Sexual Conduct
Way, Ineke; Urbaniak, Danielle
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v23 n9 p1197-1212 2008
A content analysis of closed case records from family court examined personal and family history variables for adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors who had been adjudicated for criminal sexual conduct and compared sub-groups of adolescents with (n = 72) and without (n = 80) prior other delinquent behavior. The study's findings indicate that adolescents with and without prior delinquent behaviors differed on a majority of the variables measured in this study. Adolescents with sexual offending behaviors who also had prior delinquent behaviors were older and had higher rates of documented childhood maltreatment, and drug and alcohol use. These adolescents had caregivers with more substance use and abuse problems and more extensive criminal histories. These findings have a number of practice implications when working with adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors. The findings also suggest that comparisons between adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors and other delinquents may be misleading if these subgroups of adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors are not distinguished. (Contains 5 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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