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The Impact of Risk Factors on the Treatment of Adolescent Sex Offenders
Author(s) -
Kelley Sharon M.,
Lewis Kathy,
Sigal Janet
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2004.tb00183.x
Subject(s) - psychology , recidivism , substance abuse , juvenile delinquency , sex offender , clinical psychology , risk factor , psychiatry , medicine
The authors investigated the impact that 5 selected risk factors have on the treatment outcome of adolescent male sex offenders. The results indicated that the greatest risk factor among sex offenders was having a mother who had a substance abuse problem.