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Delinquent Histories of Adolescents Adjudicated for Criminal Sexual Conduct

Ineke Way

Western Michigan University, ineke.way{at}wmich.edu

Danielle Urbaniak

Western Michigan University

A content analysis of closed case records from family court examined personal and family history variables for adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors who had been adjudicated for criminal sexual conduct and compared subgroups of adolescents with ( n = 72) and without (n = 80) prior other delinquent behavior. The study's findings indicate that adolescents with and without prior delinquent behaviors differed on a majority of the variables measured in this study. Adolescents with sexual offending behaviors who also had prior delinquent behaviors were older and had higher rates of documented childhood maltreatment, and drug and alcohol use. These adolescents had caregivers with more substance use and abuse problems and more extensive criminal histories. These findings have a number of practice implications when working with adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors. The findings also suggest that comparisons between adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors and other delinquents may be misleading if these subgroups of adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors are not distinguished.

Key Words: adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors • delinquency • childhood maltreatment • adjudicated • criminal sexual conduct

This version was published on September 1, 2008

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 23, No. 9, 1197-1212 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508314296
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