The Abuse History of Male Adolescent Sex Offenders

Benoit, Jeffrey L.; Kennedy, Wallace A.

doi:10.1177/088626092007004009

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“…This is consistent with the findings of other studies (Becker & Stein, 1991;Benoit & Kennedy, 1992;Hanson & Slater, 1988;Worling, 1995).…”

Section: Abuse Historiessupporting

confidence: 95%

Children and young people accused of child sexual abuse: A study within a community

Taylor¹

2003

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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This paper reports on a study of 227 children and young people, all living in a West Midlands city in the UK, who between November 1993 and December 1999 were accused of having sexually abused a child. The study had two main objectives: first to examine the alleged behaviours, family backgrounds and personal characteristics of the young people; and second to discover what factors, if any, may be associated with recidivism later in adulthood. It is still too early to draw firm conclusions regarding recidivism, because half of the sample has not yet reached adulthood. However, preliminary findings contradict the notion that many young people who display sexually abusive behaviour will grow into adult sex offenders.

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“…This is consistent with the findings of other studies (Becker & Stein, 1991;Benoit & Kennedy, 1992;Hanson & Slater, 1988;Worling, 1995).…”

Section: Abuse Historiessupporting

confidence: 95%

Children and young people accused of child sexual abuse: A study within a community

Taylor¹

2003

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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“…The implications of these findings seem to be that prior sexual victimization in male children is a high risk factor for the onset of abusive behavior, and sexually abused male children who go on to abuse other children before the age of 12 years are at high risk of developing into chronic recidivist adolescent abusers. These fmdings are consistent with theories of juvenile sexual offending and the citation of prior sexual abuse as a risk factor for sexual offending (Benoit ~ Kennedy, 1992;Ryan, 1989). Adolescents in the Mixed Group were abused by male relatives, and in 68% of cases the adolescent had abused a sibling.…”

Section: Etiologysupporting

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Group Differences in Abuser and Abuse Characteristics in a British Sample of Sexually Abusive Adolescents

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This paper differentiates four subgroups on the basis of victim characteristics within a sample of 100 British sexually abusive male adolescents aged between 11 and 18 years. The groups were compared in terms of their background characteristics and sexually abusive behavior. Results indicated that when subgroups were delineated on the basis of victim characteristics, they could be reliably differentiated on several abuser and abuse characteristics. Findings were generally consistent with those described in the North American literature. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to etiology and to the development of a taxonomic classification system for British sexually abusive adolescents.

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“…a teenager (Benoit & Kennedy, 1992;Stein & Lewis, 1992;Widom & Ames, 1994). However, other studies have proposed that experiencing a particular type of maltreatment will be most likely to result in the exhibition of the same kind of offending behaviour.…”

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The Link between Recurrent Maltreatment and Offending Behaviour

Hamilton

Falshaw

Browne

2002

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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This article considers recurrent maltreatment and offending behaviour. The sample was 60 males and 19 females (11 to 18 years) resident within a secure institution in England and considered a risk to themselves and/or others. Overall, 20.8% had not experienced maltreatment, 6.5% had experienced a single incident, 11.7% were repeat victims (same perpetrator), 6.5% were revictimised (different perpetrators), and more than half (54.5%) had suffered both repeat and revictimisation. Of those who had committed a violent and/or sexual crime, 74% had experienced some form of revictimisation, compared to 33% of those who committed nonviolent offences. Those young people most likely to have committed violent and/or sexual crimes were those who had been victims of recurrent extrafamilial maltreatment (many of whom had also experienced recurrent intrafamilial maltreatment). Thus, in this sample, revictimisation was associated with serious crimes. However, these findings are preliminary, and prospective research with a larger sample is needed.

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The Abuse History of Male Adolescent Sex Offenders

Cited by 57 publications

References 13 publications

Children and young people accused of child sexual abuse: A study within a community

Children and young people accused of child sexual abuse: A study within a community

Group Differences in Abuser and Abuse Characteristics in a British Sample of Sexually Abusive Adolescents

The Link between Recurrent Maltreatment and Offending Behaviour

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