The juvenile sexual offender: Challenges to assessment for outpatient intervention

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Bethea-Jackson ◽  
Sheryl Brissett-Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Outpatient Intervention ◽  
Juvenile Sexual Offender

The Impact of Using Documented but Uncharged Offense Data on JSORRAT-II Predictive Validity

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Ralston ◽  
Amar Sarkar ◽  
Grace T. Philipp ◽  
Douglas L. Epperson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sexual Recidivism ◽  
Sexual Offenses ◽  
Sexual Offender Recidivism ◽  
Juvenile Sexual Offender ◽  
The Impact

Following the implementation of sexual offender notification laws, researchers have found a drop in the rate of prosecutions and an increase in plea bargains for sexual offenses committed by male juveniles. This type of prosecutorial hesitation has implications for the predictive validity of sexual recidivism risk assessments, such as the Juvenile Sexual Offender Recidivism Risk Assessment Tool–II (JSORRAT-II), that require data from officially adjudicated offenses in the scoring of several items. The present study sought to test the impact of including data from documented but uncharged (DBU) sexual offenses in the scoring of the JSORRAT-II on its predictive validity using an exhaustive sample of 1,095 juveniles who offended sexually from the states of Iowa and Utah. Although sexual recidivists had significantly more DBU data, the inclusion of those data did not improve the predictive validity of the tool. The authors discuss additional reasons why changes in prosecutorial practice might remain confound in risk assessment studies and suggest future research to investigate those hypotheses.

Research Note: An Evaluation of Juvenile Sexual Offender Treatment

1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. Lab ◽  
Glenn Shields ◽  
Connie Schondel
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sexual Offender Treatment ◽  
Juvenile Sexual Offenders ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Juvenile Sexual Offender ◽  
Better Than

Although interest in the treatment of juvenile sexual offenders has increased significantly in recent years, there are still few programs specifically geared toward these youths and few of the existing programs have been evaluated. This article presents an evaluation of one court-based program. The results show that youths handled in the program fare no better than youths processed through normal, nonoffense specific programming. These results suggest that the growth of interventions has proceeded without adequate knowledge of how to identify at-risk youths, the causes of the behavior, and the most appropriate treatment for juvenile sexual offending.

Comparing Criminogenic and Various Characteristics of Female Sexual Offender Recidivists and Non-recidivists

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Rowland ◽  
Shawna Mowrer ◽  
Katherine Gotch ◽  
Genevieve Arnaut
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Female Sexual Offender
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