title: Sexuality and Autistic-Like Symptoms in Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Follow-Up After 8 Years.
abstract: Juveniles who have committed a sexual offense (JSOs) are thought to have abnormal sexual development, as well as increased ASD symptoms. In the current study, sexual development and behavior, as well as stability of ASD-like symptoms were assessed in a sample of 44 male JSOs (mean age 24.7 ± 1.5 years) 8 years after their sexual offence. JSOs exhibited less knowledge of sexuality, less positive attitudes towards pornography and more often reported having been a victim of verbal sexual intimidation than a matched normal population sample. ASD symptoms were relatively stable over the 8 years follow-up, indicating that social difficulties in JSOs may be part of life-long autistic-like traits. However, ASD symptoms were not related to alterations in sexual development or behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M Ewoud
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Baarsma
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Research and Documentation Center, Ministry of Security and Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands.|Department of Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Basel Psychiatric Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boonmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lisette A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: 't Hart-Kerkhoffs
authors.affiliation: Rutgers, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hanneke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Graaf
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Institute for Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Theo A H
authors.initials: TAH
authors.lastname: Doreleijers
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Curium-LUMC, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert R J M
authors.initials: RRJM
authors.lastname: Vermeiren
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.nauta@debascule.com.
authors.forename: Lucres M C
authors.initials: LMC
authors.lastname: Jansen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; Longitudinal research; Sexual development; Sexual offending juveniles