Adjudicated Adolescents Located on a State Sex Offender Registry Website as Adults: Common Denominators.

IF 1.4 4区 心理学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-21 DOI:10.1080/10538712.2023.2280006
Lucinda A Lee Rasmussen
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This is a landmark study, the first to use a listing on a state sex offender registry website as a predictive variable for tracking adult recidivism of male adolescents adjudicated for sex offenses, and the longest to follow a cohort of these youth after discharge from a secure residential treatment program. Upon admission, the sample (N = 145) were assessed by JSORRAT-II and MEGA, two contemporary standardized, validated risk assessment tools for assessing youth who have engaged in sexually abusive behavior. They were then followed once discharged for 17.08 years into adulthood (mean follow-up = 14.0 years, SD = 1.71). Recidivism rate was 6.2% (defined as a listing for the subject on the California Megan's Law Sex Offender Registry Website). The study offers a baseline for future studies that use a state sex offender registry website as a predictive variable for recidivism. Shared common denominators of recidivists and non-recidivists were risk level (i.e. most were High Risk or Very High Risk on MEGA); and having a history of adverse childhood experiences other than sexual abuse (i.e. child neglect/emotional abuse and exposure to domestic violence). A history of sexual abuse, experienced by twice as many non-recidivists as recidivists, differentiated the sample. Recidivists also had fewer protective factors than non-recidivists, as assessed by the MEGA upon admission to the facility. The mean age of recidivists was younger than non-recidivists, suggesting they may have been removed from their home at an early age, and/or had an early onset of persistent coarse sexual improprieties and/or sexually abusive behaviors that persisted into adulthood. The results highlight the importance of integrating trauma-informed interventions in treatment programs for those individuals who are sexually abusive that have a history of multiple adverse childhood experiences.

在国家性犯罪者登记网站上被裁定为成年人的青少年:共同点。
这是一项具有里程碑意义的研究,第一次将国家性犯罪者登记网站上的名单作为预测变量,用于跟踪被判有性犯罪的成年男性青少年的再犯情况,也是对这些青少年从安全的住院治疗项目出院后进行的最长时间跟踪研究。入院后,对样本(N = 145)进行了JSORRAT-II和MEGA - 2评估,这是两种当代标准化的、经过验证的风险评估工具,用于评估从事过性虐待行为的青少年。出院后随访17.08年至成年(平均随访14.0年,SD = 1.71)。累犯率为6.2%(定义为加州梅根法性犯罪者登记网站上列出的主题)。这项研究为未来使用州性犯罪者登记网站作为累犯预测变量的研究提供了一个基线。累犯和非累犯的共同特征是风险水平(即大多数是MEGA高风险或极高风险);除性虐待外,有不良童年经历(即儿童忽视/情感虐待和遭受家庭暴力)。有过性侵经历的非惯犯是惯犯的两倍,这使得样本有所不同。累犯也比非累犯有更少的保护因素,这是MEGA在进入该设施时评估的。累犯的平均年龄比非累犯年轻,这表明他们可能在很小的时候就离开了家,并且/或者有持续的粗俗的性行为和/或持续到成年的性虐待行为。研究结果强调了将创伤知情干预纳入治疗方案的重要性,这些治疗方案针对的是那些有多重不良童年经历的性虐待者。
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3.20
自引率
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse is interdisciplinary and provides an essential interface for researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners. The journal advocates for increased networking in the sexual abuse field, greater dissemination of information and research, a higher priority for this international epidemic, and development of effective assessment, intervention, and prevention programs. Divided into sections to provide clear information, the journal covers research issues, clinical issues, legal issues, prevention programs, case studies, and brief reports, focusing on three subject groups - child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse or incest, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse or incest, and sexual abuse or incest offenders.
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