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Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Developmental, Individual and Family Characteristics of Specialist, Versatile, and Short-Duration Adolescent Sex Offenders
Other Titles:	Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand
Authors:	Nisbet, Ian Wortley, Richard Smallbone, Stephen
Year:	2010
Publisher:	Australia and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (A NZATS A)
Citation:	No 2 Vol.: 2
Notes:	This article reports on developmental, individual and family characteristics of 108 adjudicated adolescent sexual offenders who had been referred to a specialised assessment and treatment service. A Principal Components Analysis of measures of developmental characteristics (abuse histories, conduct problems), individual characteristics (callous unemotional traits; externalising and internalising behaviours), and family functioning (parental involvement; parental supervision; positive parenting practices; inconsistent discipline and corporal punishment) yielded three main components. These components were designated Negative Environment, Positive Environment and Transgression. Three subgroups were identified on the basis of their criminal histories: specialist offenders (n = 47); versatile offenders (n = 33), and short-duration offenders (n = 28). MANCOVA revealed a significant multivariate main effect for offender subtype. A significant univariate effect was found for Transgression. Results suggest that offence specialisation and versatility among adolescent sexual offenders may arise from somewhat different developmental pathways. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Copyright - Copyright Australia and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse (A NZATS A) Feb 2010Document feature - Tables; ReferencesLast updated - 2011-06-01ReferencesAchenbach, T. M., & Rescorla, L. A. (2001). Manual for the ASEBA school-age forms & profiles. Burlington: ASEBA.Allan, A., Allan, M. M., Marshall, P., & Kraszlan, K. (2003). Recidivism among male juvenile sexual offenders in Westren Australia. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 10(2), 359-378.Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1997). Australian Standard Offence Classification Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Commonwealth Government Printing.Bartlett, M. S. (1954). A note on the multiplying factors for various chi square approximations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 16 (Series B), 296-298.Borduin, C. M., Schaeffer, C. M., & Heiblum, N. (2009). A randomized clinical trial of multisystemic therapy with juvenile sexual offenders: Effects on youth social ecology and criminal activity. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77(1), 26-37.Burt, C. H., Simons, R. L., & Simons, L. G. (2006). A longitudinal test of the effects of parenting and the stability of self-control: Negative evidence for the general theory of crime. Criminology, 44(2), 353- 396.Butler, S. M., & Seto, M. C. (2002). Distinguishing two types of adolescent sex offenders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41(1), 83-90.Caputo, A. A., Frick, P. J., & Brodsky, S. L. (1999). Family violence and juvenile sex offending: the potential mediating role of psychopathic traits and negative attitudes toward women. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 26(3), 338-356.Cattell, R. B. (1966). The scree test for number of factors. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1, 245- 276.Dadds, M. R., Maujean, A., & Fraser, J. A. (2003). Parenting and conduct problems in children: Australian data and psychometric properties of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire. Australian Psychologist, 38(3), 238-241.Doshay, L. J. (1943). The Boy Sex Offender and His Later Career. Montclair, New Jersey: Patterson Smith.Essau, C. A., Sasagawa, S., & Frick, P. J. (2006). Psychometric properties of the Alabama parenting questionnaire. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15(5), 597-616.Falkenbach, D. M., Poythress, N. G., & Heide, K. M. (2003). Psychopathic features in a juvenile diversion population: Reliability and predictive validity of two self-report measures. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 21, 787-805.Frick, P. J., & Hare, R. D. (2001). The anti-social process screening device. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.Gallagher, P., & Poletti, P. (1998). Sentencing Disparity and the Ethnicity of Juvenile Offenders. Sydney: Judicial Commission of NSW.Harris, D. A., Mazerolle, P., & Knight, R. A. (2009). Understanding male sexual offending: A comparison of general and specialist theories. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36, 1051-1069.Horn, J. L. (1965). A rationale and test for the number of factors in factor analysis. Psychometrika, 30, 179- 185.Kaiser, H. (1970). A second generation little jiffy. Psychometrika, 35, 401-415.Kaiser, H. (1974). An index of factorial simplicity. Psychometrika, 39, 31-36.Kenny, D., T., & Lennings, C. J. (2007). Cultural group differences in social disadvantage, offence characteristics, and experiencs of childhood trauma and psychopathology in incarcerated juvenile offenders in NSW, Australia: Implications for service delivery. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 14(2), 294-305.Langstrom, N. (2002). Long-term follow-up of criminal recidivism in young sex offenders: Temporal patterns and risk factors. Psychology, Crime and Law, 8(1), 41-58.Lee, Z., Vincent, G. M., Hart, S. D., & Corrado, R. R. (2003). The validity of the antisocial process screening device as a [cut]
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ISSN:	18338488
Physical description:	Pages 85-96
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