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Adolescent Sibling Incest Perpetrators (From Incest Perpetrator: A Family Member No One Wants To Treat, P 99-107, Anne L. Horton, Barry L. Johnson, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-121328)

NCJ Number
121335
Author(s)
L H Pierce; R L Pierce
Date Published
1990
Length
9 pages
Annotation
Survey data from 43 juvenile incest offenders who had been reported to the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services during 1986 formed the basis of this analysis of the characteristics of these offenders and the treatment implications.
Abstract
These youths had engaged in a variety of sexual activities and used manipulation or coercion to engage the offender. They ranged from 4 to 16 years old, and 81 percent were male. Some were involved in only one known offense; others, in multiple and frequent incidents; others, in multiple infrequent offenses; and a final group, in several offenses over a short time period. Fondling was the most common offense, with oral intercourse next. Victims were usually younger than offenders. The offenders generally had behavior, social, or academic problems or combinations of problems. Many offenders had been sexually victimized themselves. Results indicated the need for treatment that involves both the family and the youth if the youth is to return home, beginning with individual and group sessions for the offender. Treatment should address the interrelated areas of low self-esteem, the offender's own victimization, social isolation, sex education, and response patterns leading to the incest. 19 references.