van Wijk Anton, Vermeiren Robert, Loeber Rolf, 't Hart-Kerkhoffs Lisette, Doreleijers Theo, Bullens Ruud
Police Academy of The Netherlands.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2006 Oct;7(4):227-43. doi: 10.1177/1524838006292519.
An unresolved but clinically important issue in the literature on juvenile delinquency is to what extent juvenile sex offenders resemble non-sex offenders with respect to individual, familial, and environmental characteristics. The current article reviewed published studies (1995-2005) comparing sex offenders with non-sex offenders. The 17 articles meeting the inclusion criteria suggest that differences exist between sex offenders and non-sex offenders on personality characteristics, behavioral problems, history of sexual abuse, nonsexual offending, and peer functioning. Inconsistent results were found for demographic factors, family functioning and background, antisocial attitudes, and intellectual and neurological functioning. Although it is likely that sex offenders can be differentiated from nonsex offenders on a number of characteristics, caution is warranted because of methodological differences between studies and small samples size. Also, studies show that sex offenders are a heterogeneous group. Further research should take into account this heterogeneity by including sex offenders from clearly circumscribed groups and investigating characteristics specifically related to sexual behavior.
在青少年犯罪文献中，一个尚未解决但在临床上很重要的问题是，青少年性犯罪者在个人、家庭和环境特征方面与非性犯罪者的相似程度如何。本文回顾了1995年至2005年期间发表的比较性犯罪者与非性犯罪者的研究。符合纳入标准的17篇文章表明，性犯罪者与非性犯罪者在人格特征、行为问题、性虐待史、非性犯罪以及同伴功能方面存在差异。在人口统计学因素、家庭功能和背景、反社会态度以及智力和神经功能方面，研究结果并不一致。尽管性犯罪者很可能在一些特征上与非性犯罪者有所不同，但由于研究之间的方法差异和样本量较小，仍需谨慎。此外，研究表明性犯罪者是一个异质性群体。未来的研究应通过纳入来自明确界定群体的性犯罪者，并调查与性行为具体相关的特征，来考虑这种异质性。
