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Male Adolescents: Sexual Victimization and Subsequent Sexual Abuse

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Veneziano, Veneziano and LeGrand (2000) found support for the victim to victimizer hypothesis of sexual aggression with 74 sexually abusive youth. This project, a further step in examining this theory (Burton, 2000, Burton, Miller, & Shill, 2002) builds on their ideas with data from 179 adolescent sexual abusers, and supports their findings. In an examination of relationships, gender, modus operandi, and acts, the sexually abused youth were likely to repeat what was done to them. This project also offers a further analysis of how victimization accounts for a significant portion of the variance in perpetration by these youth. Implications for research and practice are offered.

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Burton, D.L. Male Adolescents: Sexual Victimization and Subsequent Sexual Abuse. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 20, 277–296 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024556909087

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