Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders

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dc.contributor.authorCaldwell, Michael F.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-10T14:40:21Z
dc.date.available2019-05-10T14:40:21Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThis 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. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationCaldwell, Michael F. (2007). Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders. Sexual Abuse, 19(2), 107-113.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.606.5447&rep=rep1&type=pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4328
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSexual abuse: A journal of research and treatmenten_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectjuvenilesen_US
dc.subjectrecidivismen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectteensen_US
dc.subjectyouthen_US
dc.subjectperpetratorsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.titleSexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offendersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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