Can Systemic Interventions Designed to Reduce Reoffending by Youth also Reduce Their Victimization?

Nadine McKillop; Sarah J Brown; Ingibjorg Johnson; Stephen Smallbone; James M Ogilvie

doi:10.1007/s40653-016-0123-y

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Can Systemic Interventions Designed to Reduce Reoffending by Youth also Reduce Their Victimization?

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Can Systemic Interventions Designed to Reduce Reoffending by Youth also Reduce Their Victimization?

Nadine McKillop, Sarah J Brown, Ingibjorg Johnson, Stephen Smallbone and James M Ogilvie

Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, Vol.10(1), pp.41-50

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-016-0123-y

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systemic intervention

sexual offending

victimization

vulnerable populations

male youth offenders

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

Previous research indicates considerable overlap between populations of boys who are victimized and boys who victimize others. This study was concerned with whether a systems-focused treatment program designed to address individual and systemic risk factors associated with the perpetration of sexual and violent crimes might also be successful in reducing boys' victimization by others. Boys adjudicated for sexual offences who received 'treatment as usual' (TAU; n= 335) were compared with similarly adjudicated boys who completed the treatment program (n= 200) on their histories of contact with police either as offenders or victims. Despite their higher rates of pre-intervention victimization, the treatment group were victimized less frequently post-intervention than the TAU group. Continued offending was the strongest predictor of victimization post-intervention. These findings suggest that offending and victimization share common risk factors that may be addressed simultaneously within offence-focused treatment.

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Title: Can Systemic Interventions Designed to Reduce Reoffending by Youth also Reduce Their Victimization?
Authors: Nadine McKillop (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Sarah J Brown (Author) - Coventry University, United Kingdom
Ingibjorg Johnson (Author) - Maastricht University, Netherlands
Stephen Smallbone (Author) - Griffith University
James M Ogilvie (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, Vol.10(1), pp.41-50
Publisher: Springer
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1007/s40653-016-0123-y
ISSN: 1936-1521
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450311302621
Output Type: Journal article

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