ABSTRACT

Criminal behaviours vary significantly among juveniles who have sexually offended (JSOs). Offense-related subtypes may differ in criminal persistence and inform clinical practice. In the present study, Latent Class Analysis empirically derived four distinct JSO subtypes based on 10 offense/victim characteristics in a comprehensive sample of 670 JSOs (M_age = 14.49, SD_age = 1.94): a severe peer/adult-offender subtype (22.4%), a child-offender subtype (30.1%), a touch-offender subtype (27.9%), and a verbal/online-offender subtype (19.6%). Cox regressions indicated that JSOs of the severe peer/adult-offender subtype were at increased risk of sexual and nonsexual criminal recidivism. JSOs of the severe peer/adult-offender subtype as well as the child victim subtype appeared highly burdened with behaviour/social problems and psychosocial adversity/adverse childhood experiences. Our findings show that the variety of offense characteristics, predispositions, and recidivism risks characterising JSOs deserve precise consideration to allow the implementation of effective, individually tailored treatment approaches aimed at reducing future crime.

摘要

性犯罪 (JSO) 青少年的犯罪行为差异很大。与犯罪相关的亚型在犯罪持续性和临床实践方面可能有所不同。在本研究中，潜在类别分析基于 670 个 JSO（M_年龄 = 14.49，SD_年龄）的综合样本中的 10 种犯罪/受害者特征，凭经验得出了四种不同的 JSO 亚型 = 1.94)：严重的同龄人/成人犯罪者亚型 (22.4%)、儿童犯罪者亚型 (30.1%)、接触犯罪者亚型 (27.9%) 和言语/在线犯罪者亚型 (19.6%)。Cox 回归表明，严重的同龄人/成人罪犯亚型的 JSO 发生性和非性犯罪累犯的风险增加。严重的同龄人/成年罪犯亚型以及儿童受害者亚型的 JSO 似乎承受着行为/社会问题和心理社会逆境/不良童年经历的沉重负担。我们的研究结果表明，JSO 的各种犯罪特征、倾向和累犯风险值得精确考虑，以允许实施旨在减少未来犯罪的有效、个性化的治疗方法。