Poly-victimization among Adolescents Adjudicated for Illegal Sexual Behavior: A Latent Class Analysis

Alexander, Apryl A.; McCallum, Katherine E.; Thompson, Kelli

doi:10.1080/10926771.2020.1774692

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“…Previous research on classification systems for youth with problematic sexual behavior has tended to focus on a single or limited set of variables, such as the experience of maltreatment (e.g., Alexander et al, 2021; Barra et al, 2018; Fox & DeLisi, 2018), personality traits and psychopathology (Hunter et al, 2010; Oxnam & Vess, 2008; Worling, 2001), or offense related indicators (Fox & DeLisi, 2018). However, some have questioned offense characteristics’ empirical and clinical usefulness as classification indicators (Turner et al, 2008).…”

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A Classification System to Guide Treatment Needs for Juveniles Who Have Engaged in Abusive Sexual Behavior

Beltrani,

Kang,

Lee

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Developing an empirically derived classification system that accounts for the heterogeneity of youth could benefit the court, probation officers, and clinicians in making informed management and treatment decisions. This study used a latent class analysis to examine histories and treatment needs patterns among 561 youths who engaged in problematic sexual behavior (PSB) from five U.S. states. Three classes emerged and included: (a) low treatment need (LTN) youth without dysfunctional histories, (b) high transgressions and treatment needs (HTTN) youth with histories of conduct problems, and (c) abuse reactive (AR) youth with histories of maltreatment. Over one year, the LTN group had the lowest levels of treatment needs, the HTTN group had the highest, and the AR group had lower sexual and socioecological but higher general behavior treatment needs. Findings from this study can assist in allocating resources and help guide the individualization of interventions for youth with PSB.

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A Classification System to Guide Treatment Needs for Juveniles Who Have Engaged in Abusive Sexual Behavior

Beltrani,

Kang,

Lee

et al. 2023

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…Compared with young people who have non-sexual offenses, young people with sexual offenses present with higher rates of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and more severe social deficits (Seto & Lalumière, 2010), as well as more extensive abuse histories needing to be addressed in treatment (Alexander et al, 2021). In fact, a recent latent profile analysis identified clinically relevant profiles of adolescents who sexually offend based on mental health and personality needs which predicted later recidivism (Everhart Newman et al, 2019).…”

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Evidencing the Need to Screen for Social Determinants of Health Among Boys Entering a Juvenile Prison: A Latent Profile Analysis

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Thompson

2022

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

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Social determinants of health influence who ends up in the juvenile legal system and how individuals fare when entering and leaving the system. The present study utilized latent profile analysis to determine the extent to which social determinants of health were present in a sample of incarcerated youth and the patterns in which they appear. The authors then examined their relationships to racial groups, depression, substance misuse, and recidivism risk. Data were from 1288 adolescent boys sentenced to a juvenile prison in one Southeastern state for serious offending (i.e., repeat offenses, offenses involving physical or sexual violence). We ran a latent class analysis to test for patterns with which youth present with various social determinants of health. Profiles with more violence exposure and higher social support were comprised of more Black boys than the referent profile. Property and sexual offenses also differed significantly from the referent profile. Altogether, results from our examination of selected social determinants of health indicated such factors meaningfully contribute to our understanding of experiences of young people in the juvenile legal system and may be targets for mental health and substance use intervention as they may contribute to problem behaviors or negative outcomes.

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“…Brown (2019) also found four classes with some overlap to the Fox and DeLisi study: non-violent acts with child victims, female peer victims only, male child focus, and an early starter with multiple victims. More recently, Alexander and colleagues (2021) examined various sub-categories of poly-victimization among YSH. They found a difference between trauma symptomology among youth with low poly-victimization versus high poly-victimization.…”

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“…These factors often include hopelessness regarding sexual future (Brown & Grady, 2019), poor awareness of healthy sexual relationships, and antisocial values and attitudes (Hunter et al, 2003;Imbach et al, 2013;van Wijk et al, 2005). More recently, it has been contended that, in addition to assessing individual factors, one must also consider the individual's familial, peer, and other social contexts (Alexander et al, 2021). Families of YSH have been found to face multiple concurrent problems (Yoder & Brown, 2015).…”

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Families, Mental Health, and Delinquency: Testing Sexual Crime Typologies of Youth Who Sexually Harm

Brown¹,

Gardner²

2022

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

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Researchers have made great strides in identifying risk factors associated with the commission of sexual harm by youth. However, many of the risk factors associated with youth who sexually harm (YSH) are also associated with nonsexual delinquency, making it hard to create typologies of YSH to target prevention and treatment. In response to this (Author’s name hidden for peer review, 2018) used latent class analysis to identify four unique classes of youth based only on sexual crime characteristics, thereby eliminating any overlap with general delinquents. A research implication of Author’s study was to explore the relationship of these classes to characteristics identified by others who have subtyped YSH to possibly identify more targeted treatment implications and the prevention of sexual crime by youth according to class. In this study, the authors used chi square analyses and logistic regression to test the relationships of mental health, family factors, concurrent delinquency with the classes identified in Author’s study using the same sample (N = 573) used by Author. Findings highlight the potential differing etiology and treatment needs of YSH according to their offense characteristics. Treatment implications and directions for future research are offered.

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Poly-victimization among Adolescents Adjudicated for Illegal Sexual Behavior: A Latent Class Analysis

Cited by 15 publications

References 86 publications

A Classification System to Guide Treatment Needs for Juveniles Who Have Engaged in Abusive Sexual Behavior

A Classification System to Guide Treatment Needs for Juveniles Who Have Engaged in Abusive Sexual Behavior

Evidencing the Need to Screen for Social Determinants of Health Among Boys Entering a Juvenile Prison: A Latent Profile Analysis

Families, Mental Health, and Delinquency: Testing Sexual Crime Typologies of Youth Who Sexually Harm

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