Offense Trajectories, the Unfolding of Sexual and Non-Sexual Criminal Activity, and Sex Offense Characteristics of Adolescent Sex Offenders

J Cale; Susan Smallbone; Susan Rayment-McHugh; C Dowling

doi:10.1177/1079063215580968

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Offense Trajectories, the Unfolding of Sexual and Non-Sexual Criminal Activity, and Sex Offense Characteristics of Adolescent Sex Offenders

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Offense Trajectories, the Unfolding of Sexual and Non-Sexual Criminal Activity, and Sex Offense Characteristics of Adolescent Sex Offenders

J Cale, Susan Smallbone, Susan Rayment-McHugh and C Dowling

Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment, Vol.28(8), pp.791-812

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063215580968

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criminal behavior

criminal careers

juvenile sex offenders

offending trajectories

sex offense characteristics

The current study examines offending trajectories of adolescent sexual offenders (ASOs). Until recently, classification frameworks have not been designed to account for the heterogeneity of offending patterns in adolescence, how these are associated with the unfolding of sexual and non-sexual criminal activity, and whether and to what extent they are related to the characteristics of sex offenses in adolescence. The current study takes a longitudinal view of offending in adolescence by examining retrospective longitudinal data of 217 ASOs referred for treatment to a clinical service between 2001 and 2009 in Australia. General offending trajectories in adolescence were examined using semi-parametric group-based modeling, and compared according to non-violent non-sexual, violent-non-sexual, and sex offending criminal activity parameters (e.g., participation, onset, frequency, specialization/versatility) and the characteristics of the referral sexual offense. The results show distinct differences in the unfolding of sexual and non-sexual criminal activity along different offending trajectories of ASOs, and further, that these trajectories were differentially associated with the characteristics of the sexual offenses they committed. © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.

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Title: Offense Trajectories, the Unfolding of Sexual and Non-Sexual Criminal Activity, and Sex Offense Characteristics of Adolescent Sex Offenders
Authors: J Cale (Author) - University of New South Wales
Susan Smallbone (Author) - Griffith University
Susan Rayment-McHugh (Author) - Griffith University
C Dowling (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment, Vol.28(8), pp.791-812
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1177/1079063215580968
ISSN: 1079-0632
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; 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: 99450801902621
Output Type: Journal article

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