The Adult Offending Outcomes of Adolescents Who Have Perpetrated a Sex Offense: Is Sexual Offending in Adolescence Indicative of Things to Come?

dc.contributor.authorChouinard-Thivierge, S., Lussier, P., & Charette, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T18:22:37Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T18:22:37Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractBeing adjudicated for a sex offense carries significant social, legal, and penal implications that are almost unparalleled and adolescents are no exception to this differential treatment by the justice system. This highlights the relevance of providing criminal career information concerning future offending among adolescents who have a record for a sex offense as they age and become adults. Based on prospective longitudinal data collected from a sample of male adolescents enrolled in the Pathways to Desistance study (n = 1170), negative binomial regression models are conducted to investigate the relationship between having a juvenile record for a sex offense and the frequency of general offending in early adulthood (i.e., 18 years old and over). Results show that adolescents who have perpetrated a sex offense have significantly lower levels of involvement in offending during early adulthood, whether based on official or self-reported data. Findings are discussed in terms of policy and theoretical implications.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChouinard-Thivierge, S., Lussier, P., & Charette, Y. (2023). The adult offending outcomes of adolescents who have perpetrated a sex offense: is sexual offending in adolescence indicative of things to come?. Youth violence and juvenile justice, 21(1), 3-26.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15412040221123529
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5770
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherYouth violence and juvenile justiceen_US
dc.subjectyouth offendersen_US
dc.subjectearly adulthood outcomesen_US
dc.subjectjuvenile sex offendingen_US
dc.subjectprospective longitudinal studyen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.titleThe Adult Offending Outcomes of Adolescents Who Have Perpetrated a Sex Offense: Is Sexual Offending in Adolescence Indicative of Things to Come?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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