More knowledge is needed about the etiology and treatment needs of adolescent sex offenders. The current study compared adolescents who had offended against children (defined as below the age of 12 and at least 5 years younger than the adolescent), adolescents who have offended against peers or adults, and adolescents who had victims in both age groups. Based on Seto and Lalumière's meta-analytic findings, participants were compared on theoretically derived factors, including childhood sexual abuse, atypical sexual interests, sexual experience, social competence, psychiatric history, and general delinquency factors (past criminal history, substance abuse history, and offense characteristics). The study sample consisted of 162 court-referred male adolescent sexual offenders aged 12 to 17 years. Of the six identified domains, groups significantly differed on five of them; the exceptions were variables reflecting social competence. The results further support the validity of distinguishing adolescent sex offenders by victim age.

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Of 149 renal transplants performed between May 1965 and December 1980 a stapled ureteroureterostomy was done in 112 (75 per cent) using a commercially available stapling device. Calculus developed in 7 patients (6.3 per cent) in whom this technique was used, with the interval between transplantation and calculus formation being 13 months to 6 years. We conclude that the stapled ureteroureterostomy should be reserved for special instances, such as a short donor ureter or when the correction of urological complications demands a rapid ureteroureterostomy.