title: Comparing sexuality, aggressiveness, and antisocial behavior of alleged juvenile sexual and violent offenders.
abstract: Sexual delinquency in juveniles is insufficiently explored in regard to the specificity of offender characteristics. The aim is to investigate relevant areas for juvenile sexual offending in a precourt, pretreatment group. Thirty-two alleged juvenile sexual offenders (ASO) referred to by police were compared with 32 juvenile nonsexual violent offenders (VNO) on standardized measures of aggressiveness and psychopathology, antisocial behavior, substance use problems, and sexuality. Less externalizing disorders and antisocial behavior were found among the ASOs than among the VNOs. The ASO group was sexually less experienced, had less trust in their relationship abilities, fewer victimization experiences, and reported more sexual deviance, while pornography use and obscene calls were reported less often. Few juvenile sexual offenders had severe problems in the investigated areas. Including groups of offenders before court, treatment or incarceration in research appears crucial to understand the full spectrum of sexual deviance in youth and avoid misguidance due to selection factors.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.
authors.forename: Wiebke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Driemeyer
authors.forename: Aranke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spehr
authors.forename: Dahlnym
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Hertha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Richter-Appelt
authors.forename: Peer
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Briken
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology*; D019529:Sexuality; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology