Adolescents adjudicated for sexual offenses are a heterogeneous group. The identification
of more homogeneous subgroups of offenders may enable improved treatment, as the …

Victim age is commonly used in the classification of juvenile sexual offenders (JSOs).
However, the results of studies comparing JSOs who offend peers (peer offenders) with …

More knowledge is needed about the etiology and treatment needs of adolescent sex
offenders. The current study compared adolescents who had offended against children …

Understanding the pathways and circumstances of juvenile sexual offending is of utmost
importance. However, juvenile sexual offenders (JSO) represent an especially diverse group …

This is a landmark study, the first to use a listing on a state sex offender registry website as a
predictive variable for tracking adult recidivism of male adolescents adjudicated for sex …

Recent empirical research has shown that children with sexual behavior problems and
adolescents who offend sexually are diverse populations consisting of several subtypes …

Attempts to identify typologies of youth who have committed sexual offenses have been
challenged by their overlapping characteristics with youth who have committed nonsexual …

Adolescent sexual offending has come to be recognized as a significant and serious
problem. This is reflected in the increased rates of reported sex offenses by young offenders …

Adolescent sexual offending represents an ongoing social, judicial, clinical, and policy issue
for services. The current study investigated the characteristics, criminal versatility, and rates …

Individuals who engage in sexual offending behavior represent a heterogeneous
population. Recent research has found some success in categorizing sexual offenders …