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01-04-2007 | Original Paper

Individual, Family, Peer, and Academic Characteristics of Male Juvenile Sexual Offenders

Auteurs: Scott T. Ronis, Charles M. Borduin

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 2/2007

Abstract

This study examined the individual functioning, interpersonal relations, and academic performance of 115 male juveniles who were divided into 5 demographically matched groups (sexual offenders with peer/adult victims, sexual offenders with child victims, violent nonsexual offenders, nonviolent nonsexual offenders, and nondelinquent youths). Parents and youths completed self-report instruments, behavior rating inventories, and a videorecorded interaction task, and teachers completed a rating measure. Results showed that juvenile sexual offenders, like juvenile nonsexual offenders, had more behavior problems, more difficulties in family and peer relations, and poorer academic performance than did nondelinquent youths. However, juvenile sexual offenders and nonsexual offenders did not differ on any of the measures of individual or interpersonal adjustment. The implications of these findings for research, theory, and treatment are discussed.

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We also examined whether scores on the study measures were significantly correlated with the number of arrests for sexual crimes among juvenile sexual offenders (collapsing across the two groups of sexual offenders). There were no significant correlations, suggesting that youths with more arrests for sexual crimes did not have problems that differed from those of youths with fewer arrests for such crimes.

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Titel: Individual, Family, Peer, and Academic Characteristics of Male Juvenile Sexual Offenders
Auteurs: Scott T. Ronis
Charles M. Borduin
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 2/2007
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-006-9058-3

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