Sexual offenses are often part of a larger criminal career also encompassing nonsexual crimes. However, most sexual offending typologies focus on an individual’s most recent sexual offense. We compare data from Belgian and Dutch national conviction cohorts and use latent class analysis to distinguish groups of individuals based on their history of sexual and nonsexual offenses, considering continuity and variety. The resulting classification is compared between individuals convicted of sexual offenses and individuals convicted of nonsexual offenses. Results show that four latent classes can be distinguished based on continuity and variety in criminal histories of individuals convicted of sexual offenses, and that some of these classes resemble those distinguished among individuals convicted of nonsexual offenses. We find limited overlap between these latent classes and typologies based solely on the index offense. Results show marked similarities across countries. These results challenge theories of sexual offending to incorporate patterns of nonsexual offending.

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区分被定罪的个人：两国潜在类别分析

性犯罪通常是更大的犯罪职业的一部分，也包括非性犯罪。但是，大多数性侵犯类型都集中于个人最近的性犯罪。我们比较来自比利时和荷兰的国家定罪队列的数据，并使用潜在类别分析根据连续性和多样性，根据其性犯罪和非性犯罪的历史来区分个人群体。将被定罪为性犯罪的个人与被定罪为非性犯罪的个人进行比较。结果表明，根据被定罪为性犯罪的个人的犯罪历史的连续性和多样性，可以将其划分为四个潜在类别，并且其中一些类别类似于被定罪为非性犯罪的个人的潜在类别。我们发现仅基于索引违规，这些潜在类别和类型之间的重叠部分有限。结果显示各国之间存在明显的相似性。这些结果对性犯罪的理论提出了挑战，要求纳入非性犯罪的模式。