Our Minds Are Made Up—Don't Confuse Us With the Facts: Commentary on Policies Concerning Children With Sexual Behavior Problems and Juvenile Sex Offenders

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dc.contributor.authorChaffin, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T17:55:47Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T17:55:47Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis commentary examines four common policy-relevant perceptions of teen and preteen sex offenders—high risk, “specialness,” homogeneity, and intransigence. Each perception is contrasted with long-standing as well as more current scientific facts. It is argued that public policies for these youth have been fundamentally driven by misperceptions, resulting in a set of well-intentioned but ultimately flawed policies and practices that are unlikely to deliver either child protection or juvenile justice benefits. These include federal and state policies pertaining to public registration and notification, community management, institutional placement, treatment approaches, and treatment standards. The research evidence about these juveniles is considerably more positive than current policies or clinical practices might suggest, and reflects a sharp disconnect between popular policy-relevant perceptions and the facts as we know them about these diverse cases. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationChaffin, Mark. (2008). Our Minds Are Made Up—Don't Confuse Us With the Facts: Commentary on Policies Concerning Children With Sexual Behavior Problems and Juvenile Sex Offenders. Child Maltreatment, 13(2), 110-121.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ok-rsol.org/resources/Documents/Chaffin%20-%20Policies%20Concerning%20JSOs%20%28May%202008%29%20-%20Child%20Maltreatment.pdf  
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4316
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherChild Maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectteensen_US
dc.subjectyouthen_US
dc.subjectlawen_US
dc.subjectcourtsen_US
dc.titleOur Minds Are Made Up—Don't Confuse Us With the Facts: Commentary on Policies Concerning Children With Sexual Behavior Problems and Juvenile Sex Offendersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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