@article{ref1,
title="Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2007",
author="Caldwell, Michael F.",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="107-113",
abstract="This study compares the recidivism patterns of a cohort of 249 juvenile sexual offenders and 1,780 non-sexual offending delinquents who were released from secured custody over a two and one half year period. The prevalence of sex offenders with new sexual offense charges during the 5 year follow-up period was 6.8%, compared to 5.7% for the non-sexual offenders, a non-significant difference. Juvenile sex offenders were nearly ten times more likely to have been charged with a nonsexual offense than a sexual offense. Eighty-five percent of the new sexual offenses in the follow-up period were accounted for by the non-sex offending delinquents. None of the 54 homicides (including three sexual homicides) was committed by a juvenile sex offender. The implications of the results for recent public policy trends that impose restrictions that are triggered by a sexual offense adjudication are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1007/s11194-007-9042-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11194-007-9042-7"
}