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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
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)

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