title: Juvenile Sex Offenders.
abstract: Sexual offending by juveniles accounts for a sizable percentage of sexual offenses, especially against young children. In this article, recent research on female juvenile sex offenders (JSOs), risk factors for offending in juveniles, treatment, and the ways in which these youth may differ from general delinquents will be reviewed. Most JSOs do not go on to develop paraphilic disorders or to commit sex offenses during adulthood, and as a group, they are more similar to nonsexual offending juvenile delinquents than to adult sex offenders. Recent research has elucidated some differences between youth who commit sex offenses and general delinquents in the areas of atypical sexual interests, the use of pornography, and early sexual victimization during childhood.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. er3h@virginia.edu.|Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, Staunton, VA, USA. er3h@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Eileen P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Otonichar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D057237:Criminals / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011599:Psychopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior
keywords: Juvenile sex offenders; Paraphilic disorders; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Sex offender treatment; Sexual abuse