title: Sexual offending in adolescence: a comparison of sibling offenders and nonsibling offenders across domains of risk and treatment need.
abstract: Sibling sexual offending has received limited empirical attention, despite estimates that approximately half of all adolescent-perpetrated sexual offenses involve a sibling victim. The present study addresses this gap by examining male adolescent sibling (n = 100) and nonsibling offenders (n = 66) with regard to maltreatment histories and scores on two adolescent risk/need assessment instruments, the ERASOR and YLS/CMI. Adolescents who sexually abused a sibling, versus a nonsibling, were more likely to have histories of sexual abuse and been exposed to domestic violence and pornography. There were no group differences on ERASOR and YLS/CMI scales. This study adds to the limited discourse on sibling sexual offending and the larger literature on the heterogeneity of adolescents who have sexually offended.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. khq3@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Natasha E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Latzman
authors.forename: Jodi L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Viljoen
authors.forename: Mario J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Scalora
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ullman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D012801:Sibling Relations; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires