ADOLESCENT SEXUAL OFFENDERS GROWTH UP - RECIDIVISM IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD

Authors
SIPE R JENSEN EL EVERETT RS
Citation
R. Sipe et al., ADOLESCENT SEXUAL OFFENDERS GROWTH UP - RECIDIVISM IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD, Criminal justice and behavior, 25(1), 1998, pp. 109-124
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Criminology & Penology","Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Criminal justice and behavior → ACNP
ISSN journal
00938548
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
109 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-8548(1998)25:1<109:ASOGU->2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The objective of this study was to compare the recidivism rates of juv enile sexual offenders with those of other juvenile offenders once the y became young adults. The authors found that the juveniles adjudicate d for a sexual offense had a significantly higher rate of recidivism f or sexual offenses as adults than did the comparison group, but rearre st rates for sexual offenses were low in both groups. The juvenile non sexual offenders had higher rates of adult recidivism for all other ty pes of offenses.