Sex offending among adolescents and young men with history of psychiatric inpatient care in adolescence

Abstract

Background: Some mental disorders have been associatedwith increased likelihood of sexual offending in adolescents (and adults), but relevant studies tend to be of established sex offenders.Aims: To examine relationships between adolescent mental disorders and subsequent involvement in sex offending and to explore any predictive value of primary diagnoses for subsequent interpersonal offending, whether sexual or violent. Methods: We analyse national register-based longitudinal data on males in Finland admitted for their first psychiatric inpatient treatment between the ages of 13-17 in the period 1980-2010 (N = 6749). Cox regression was used for the analysis of multivariate associations. Results: A subsequent criminal record for sex crime in the 10-year follow up was rare among former child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) inpatient males (1.5%). Having a subsequent criminal record for non-sex-related violent crime was more common (25%). Time to either sex crimes or non-sex-related violent crimes after a first CAP inpatient treatment was 3-4 years. Whilst the risk of committing non-sex-related violent crimes was elevated in all diagnostic groups compared to those with schizophrenia spectrum

Social Well-Being of Juvenile Sex Offenders with Conduct Issues in Malaysia

“…In 2020, Malaysia's sexual crime rate dropped by nine percent (1,582 cases) compared with 2019, and this percentage is a total of adults and adolescents who committed sex crimes whereas children involved in crime increased by 10.5 percent (5,342 cases) compared with a year before (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2021). Juvenile sex offenders against peers or adults often have histories of non-sexual criminal offenses such as general delinquent and conduct disorder (Kaltiala et al, 2022). These juveniles showed higher levels of aggression and violence compared to adolescents involved in sexual crimes against children (Rosa et al, 2018).…”