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Comparing Sexuality, Aggressiveness, and Antisocial Behavior of Alleged Juvenile Sexual and Violent Offenders ,
Author(s) -
Driemeyer Wiebke,
Spehr Aranke,
Yoon Dahlnym,
RichterAppelt Hertha,
Briken Peer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/1556-4029.12086
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , juvenile , psychology , pornography , human sexuality , clinical psychology , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , sex offense , deviance (statistics) , psychopathology , suicide prevention , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medical emergency , sexual abuse , medicine , gender studies , genetics , statistics , mathematics , sociology , psychoanalysis , biology
Sexual delinquency in juveniles is insufficiently explored in regard to the specificity of offender characteristics. The aim is to investigate relevant areas for juvenile sexual offending in a precourt, pretreatment group. Thirty‐two alleged juvenile sexual offenders ( ASO ) referred to by police were compared with 32 juvenile nonsexual violent offenders ( VNO ) on standardized measures of aggressiveness and psychopathology, antisocial behavior, substance use problems, and sexuality. Less externalizing disorders and antisocial behavior were found among the ASOs than among the VNOs . The ASO group was sexually less experienced, had less trust in their relationship abilities, fewer victimization experiences, and reported more sexual deviance, while pornography use and obscene calls were reported less often. Few juvenile sexual offenders had severe problems in the investigated areas. Including groups of offenders before court, treatment or incarceration in research appears crucial to understand the full spectrum of sexual deviance in youth and avoid misguidance due to selection factors.