A preliminary typology of young sex offenders.
Data concerning all young (15-20 years, n = 56) sex offenders (YSOs) subjected to forensic psychiatric investigation in Sweden during 1988-1995 were used in an attempt to construct and validate an introductory YSO typology based solely on offence characteristics. A 5-cluster solution received optimal support from cluster analysis of 15 offence-related variables. A few historical and clinical characteristics varied across clusters. Survival analyses revealed that the clusters differed with respect to sexual but not to violent or general reconviction rates.
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Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. Niklas.Langstrom@neurotec.ki.se
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Lindblad
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology