Adolescent Sexual Offenders: Offender and Offense Characteristics

• NCJ Number: 110650
• Journal: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Volume: 56 Issue: 2 Dated: (April 1986) Pages: 225-233
• Author(s): P A Fehrenback; W Smith; C Monastersky; R W Deisher
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Descriptive data are presented on 305 adolescent sexual offenders.

Abstract

Types of offenses and the circumstances under which they occurred are described. Results suggest that adolescents commit an array of sexual offenses, that they are not typically isolated incidents, and that they are frequently indicative of more general adjustment difficulties. (Author abstract)