Characteristics of adolescent incest sexual perpetrators: Preliminary findings

Becker, Judith V.; Kaplan, Meg S.; Cunningham‐Rathner, Jerry; Kavoussi, Richard J.

doi:10.1007/bf00977034

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“…Furthermore, youth who engage in sexual offending behaviour vary in their histories of childhood victimization (Bourgon and Morton-Bourgon 2004;Kahn and Chambers 1991;Knight and Prentky 1993;Rasmussen 1999), as well as symptoms of psychopathology (Awad and Saunders 1989;Becker et al 1986;Långström and Lindblad 2000). Overall, literature examining the characteristics of youth who sexually offend has shed light on the nature of their sexual offences and the myriad of problems and needs of this population (for a thorough review of the literature, see Welch 2001, 2004).…”

Section: Characteristics Of Youth Who Sexually Offend: a Brief Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Background, Offence Characteristics, and Criminal Outcomes of Aboriginal Youth Who Sexually Offend: A Closer Look at Aboriginal Youth Intervention Needs

Rojas¹,

Gretton²

2007

Sex Abuse

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Canada's Aboriginal peoples face a number of social and health issues. Research shows that Aboriginal youths are over-represented in the criminal justice system and youth forensic psychiatric programmes. Within the literature on sex offending youth, there appears to be no published data available to inform clinicians working with adjudicated Aboriginal youth. Therefore, the present study examines the background, offence characteristics, and criminal outcomes of Aboriginal (n = 102) and non-Aboriginal (n = 257) youths who engaged in sexual offending behaviour and were ordered to attend a sexual offender treatment programme in British Columbia between 1985 and 2004. Overall, Aboriginal youths were more likely than non-Aboriginal youths to have background histories of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), substance abuse, childhood victimization, academic difficulties, and instability in the living environment. Both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youths had a tendency to target children under 12-years-old, females, and non-strangers. Aboriginal youths were more likely than non-Aboriginal youths to use substances at the time of their sexual index offence. Outcome data revealed that Aboriginal youths were more likely than their non-Aboriginal counterparts to recidivate sexually, violently, and non-violently during the 10-year follow-up period. Furthermore, the time between discharge and commission of all types of re-offences was significantly shorter for Aboriginal youths than for non-Aboriginal youths. Implications of these findings are discussed with regards to the needs of Aboriginal youth and intervention.

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Section: Characteristics Of Youth Who Sexually Offend: a Brief Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Background, Offence Characteristics, and Criminal Outcomes of Aboriginal Youth Who Sexually Offend: A Closer Look at Aboriginal Youth Intervention Needs

Rojas¹,

Gretton²

2007

Sex Abuse

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“…A ces caractéristiques familiales s'ajoutent des abus d'alcool plus fréquents chez les parents, de la violence domestique, de la négligence, de la violence physique, des abus sexuels, ainsi qu'un manque d'assurance [20]. De la même manière, la littérature relative aux caractéristiques diagnostiques des AICS souligne les fréquentes difficultés à contrôler ses impulsions [22], des affects dépressifs [4], des troubles des conduites et de l'attention, de l'hyperactivité, des troubles de l'opposition, des ESPT ainsi que des problèmes d'assuétude [2]. Les adolescents AICS de notre étude présentent davantage de caractéristiques de …”

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“…En ce qui concerne les aspects pronostiques, la littérature suggère l'existence de problèmes comportementaux concomitants aux délits sexuels : des antécédents de délits non sexuels [3,9], un délit sexuel antérieur [2,4], des comportements agressifs ainsi que d'autres comportements antisociaux. Considérant les antécédents délictueux sexuels juvéniles rapportés par les AICS adultes, différentes études se sont centrées sur l'évaluation du risque de récidive des adolescents AICS.…”

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Adolescents auteurs d’agressions sexuelles : aspects étiologiques, diagnostiques et pronostiques

Pham¹,

Ducro²,

Lemasson³

2010

Annales Médico-psychologiques, revue psychiatrique

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“…Yet, ADHD has been found in up to 22 % of samples, with more than one-third of offenders exhibiting some traits of ADHD (Becker & Kaplan, 1993 ;Becker, Kaplan, Cunningham-Rathner, & Kavoussi, 1986 ;Kavoussi et al, 1988 ). Kavoussi et al ( 1988 ) also found that out of their sample of 58 juvenile sex offenders in outpatient treatment, nearly 7 % met the full criteria for attention-defi cit disorder.…”

Section: Individual Factorsmentioning

confidence: 95%