The current study examines data extracted from revocation files of a national youth-serving organization (YSO) involving 7819 revoked individuals and 12,254 alleged child victims to better understand victim selection patterns of community-residing child molesters. These data demonstrate consistent patterns of victim selection based upon the age, gender, and YSO affiliation of each victim. We created two variables to explore whether the revoked individual was “likely pedophilic (LP)” or a “mixed offender (MO)” based upon their behaviors and patterns of victim selection. Compared with the non-LPs and non-MOs, LPs and MOs had more known victims, were more often involved in other YSOs, and were more likely to have had contact with law enforcement. We utilized a public health perspective to interpret these findings, suggesting that child sexual abuse in YSOs reflects a societal problem that is not a unique phenomenon specific to programs offering services to youth.

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全国青年服务组织确定的社区儿童性骚扰者的受害者选择模式

当前的研究检查了从一个国家青年服务组织 (YSO) 的撤销文件中提取的数据，该文件涉及 7819 名被撤销的个人和 12,254 名据称的儿童受害者，以更好地了解社区儿童骚扰者的受害者选择模式。这些数据展示了基于每个受害者的年龄、性别和 YSO 隶属关系的一致的受害者选择模式。我们创建了两个变量，以根据他们的行为和受害者选择模式来探索被撤销的个人是“可能的恋童癖 (LP)”还是“混合犯罪者 (MO)”。与非 LP 和非 MO 相比，LP 和 MO 的已知受害者更多，参与其他 YSO 的次数更多，并且更有可能与执法部门有过接触。我们利用公共卫生的观点来解释这些发现，