RT Article
T1 Family Experiences and Sexual Victimization Histories: a Comparative Analysis Between Youth Sexual and Nonsexual Offenders
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 10
SP 2917
OP 2936
A1 Yoder, Jamie
A2 Dillard, Rebecca
A2 Leibowitz, George S.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1588362418
AB Youth who commit sexual offenses often have sexual victimization histories that occur in the family context. These victimization experiences can be exacerbated by other risks present in the family environment. This research study uses MANOVAs to explore how family environments including substance use, mental health, physical and emotional victimization experiences, attachment, and parenting styles differentiate subgroups of youth offenders including youth sexual offenders with (n = 179) and without (n = 176) sexual victimization histories, and nonsexual offenders without sexual victimization histories (n = 150). Results reveal that youth sexual offenders with sexual victimization histories had greater risks in family environments relative to youth sexual and nonsexual offenders without sexual victimization histories. Treatment and research implications are discussed.
K1 Juvenile sex offenders
K1 Family
K1 Trauma
K1 Sexual victimization
K1 Jugendliche Sexualstraftäter
K1 Jugendliche Sexualtäter
K1 Familiäres Umfeld
K1 Gewalterfahrungen
K1 Sexual victimization History
DO 10.1177/0306624X17738063