BACKGROUND It is estimated that juvenile sexual offences constitute about 7% of the total annual rate of sexual offences in Spain. Nevertheless, research on Spanish juvenile sex offenders (JSO) is virtually non-existent. This paper analyzes the risk factors related to sexual violence committed by adolescents. METHOD The participants were 73 adolescents (M = 15.68 years, SD = 1.12) aged between 14 and 18, who were serving a sentence for committing a sexual offence in various Spanish Autonomous Regions. In this descriptive study multiple methods were used to collect the data: court records, self-reports, along with an interview with the JSO and with the professionals involved. RESULTS Risk factors related to family history, certain personality characteristics, and the development of "inadequate sexualisation" (96% of cases) were analyzed. This latter variable was mainly related to an early onset of pornography consumption (70%), to a sexualized family environment (26%), and to sexual victimization during childhood (22%). CONCLUSION These results are consistent with international research on juvenile sex offending, so we can conclude that the process of development of sexualization from infancy onwards should be deeply examined with regard to sexual violence.

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青少年性犯罪者的特征和危险因素。

背景 据估计，青少年性犯罪占西班牙年度性犯罪总发生率的约 7%。然而，对西班牙青少年性犯罪者 (JSO) 的研究几乎不存在。本文分析了与青少年性暴力相关的危险因素。方法 参与者是 73 名青少年（M = 15.68 岁，SD = 1.12），年龄在 14 至 18 岁之间，他们在西班牙各自治区因性犯罪而服刑。在这项描述性研究中，使用了多种方法来收集数据：法庭记录、自我报告以及对 JSO 和相关专业人士的采访。结果 分析了与家族史、某些人格特征和“性欲不足”（96% 的病例）的发展相关的风险因素。后一个变量主要与早期色情消费（70%）、性化的家庭环境（26%）和童年时期的性受害（22%）有关。结论这些结果与国际上关于青少年性犯罪的研究是一致的，因此我们可以得出结论，应该对性暴力从婴儿期开始性化的发展过程进行深入研究。