PERSONALITY AND CRIMINAL PROFILE OF ADOLESCENT SEXUAL OFFENDERS, GENERAL OFFENDERS IN COMPARISON TO NONOFFENDERS

16 adolescent male sex offenders and 11 general offenders were compare d with 13 nonoffenders on psychometric tests to investigate difference s in their general intelligence, personality, and criminal attitudes. There were no significant differences in general intelligence amongst the groups. Examination of personality scores and criminal attitudes s howed that the sex offenders were more socially isolated, more assault ive, and more resentful than the general offenders. Present results, i f replicated with larger samples, suggest treatment of adolescent sex offenders in a manner similar to that used in the treatment of adult s ex offenders.