title: Adolescent offenders: comparison for sexual, violent, and property offences.
abstract: The psychological functioning and abuse history of 23 sexual, 51 violent, and 79 property adolescent offenders were compared. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores of these three groups did not differ although sexual offenders were twice as likely to have a history of sexual abuse, making those personal experiences more relevant to the form of their criminal behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, WCB Rehabilitation Centre, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Truscott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D013800:Theft; D014754:Violence