ABSTRACT Research that attempts to understand why young people commit sex crimes points to an array of family factors that may uniquely contribute to sexual offending over general juvenile delinquency. This study examines the potentially moderating role of disrupted caregiving in the relationship between offending and caregiver-child relationship quality. Two distinct moderators were tested: gender of caregiver and biological relationship between caregiver and child. Results indicate that juvenile sexual offenders have particularly poor relationships with their primary caregivers compared to incarcerated non-sexual offenders and community controls. Furthermore, sexual offenders with male caregivers were found to have lower relationship quality scores than sexual offenders with female caregivers. In contrast, sexual offenders raised by non-biological caregivers reported better relationship quality than did offenders raised by their biological parents. These findings suggest opportunities for early intervention, before caregiving is disrupted.

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照料中断对少年性犯罪者的影响

摘要试图了解年轻人为何犯下性犯罪的研究指出了一系列家庭因素，这些因素可能会导致一般性少年犯罪的性犯罪。这项研究探讨了在照顾孩​​子与照顾者-儿童的关系质量之间的关系中，照料中断的潜在调节作用。测试了两个不同的主持人：看护者的性别以及看护者与儿童之间的生物学关系。结果表明，与被关押的非性犯罪者和社区控制相比，未成年人的性犯罪者与其主要照顾者的关系特别差。此外，发现有男性照顾者的性犯罪者的关系质量得分低于具有女性照顾者的性犯罪者。相反，非生物学照料者抚养的性犯罪者比亲生父母抚养的性犯罪者报告的交往质量更好。这些发现表明在照料中断之前有机会进行早期干预。