We tested special and general explanations of male adolescent sexual offending by
conducting a meta-analysis of 59 independent studies comparing male adolescent sex …

Recent research suggests that sexual recidivism rates have been declining, which contrasts
with observations regarding general recidivism rates as well as perceptions of sexual …

Enactive trauma therapy is grounded in so-called enactivism, which holds that, like anyone
else, traumatized individuals are (1) embrained, embodied, and environmentally …

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious public health problem that increases risk for physical
and mental health problems across the life course. Young adolescents are responsible for a …

The current study examines offending trajectories of adolescent sexual offenders (ASOs).
Until recently, classification frameworks have not been designed to account for the …

This study uses data from the Second Philadelphia Birth Cohort to examine the natural
history of sex offenders and their involvement in sexual offending through age 26. Several …

Little is known about risk/protective factors for sexually coercive behavior in general
population youth. We used a Swedish school-based population survey of sexual attitudes …

The current study investigates the offending trajectories of juvenile sex offenders (JSOs)
across and beyond adolescence. In doing so, the study examines the number, the rate, and …

Juveniles who sexually offended (JSOs) are differentially burdened with adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs). The present study used Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to derive subtypes …

To understand how and why most people entertain deviant sexual fantasies without really
desiring to act on them whereas some people put them into practice, it is essential to better …