Service de Psychologie de la délinquance et du développement psychosocial, University of Liege, Liège, Belgium.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;22(2):117-25. doi: 10.1007/s00787-012-0333-2. Epub 2012 Oct 12.
The aim of this study was to identify two sub-populations of sex offenders based on the age of the victims and on the age difference between the abuser and the victim (child sexual abusers vs. peer sexual abusers), and to compare the personality characteristics of these two subgroups with those of juvenile non-sex offenders. The group was composed of 67 adolescent offenders aged 13-18 years who were adjudicated for sexual offenses or non-sexual offenses: 20 non-sex offenders (JNSOs), 26 child sexual abusers (CAs), and 21 peer sexual abusers (PAs). The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) was administered to all participants. The mean scores and clinical cutoffs on the MACI scales were compared across the three samples. Compared with PAs, CAs were more submissive and conforming, and they experienced more anxious feelings. Peer sexual abusers scored higher on the unruly and forceful personality scales, on social insensitivity, and on delinquent predisposition. Peer sexual abusers also reported higher scores on substance-abuse proneness, impulsive propensities, and antisocial functioning than CAs, but their scores were similar to those of JNSOs. Our results show clear similarities between PAs and JNSOs in terms of personality and clinical characteristics, especially with regard to antisocial personality traits. Child sexual abusers did not display the personality characteristics typical of PAs and JNSOs which predisposed them to delinquent activities. These results raise questions as to whether juvenile sex offenders should be treated within the same institutions as non-sex offenders and whether the same treatment programs should be implemented for all types of juvenile sex offenders.
本研究旨在根据受害者的年龄以及施虐者与受害者之间的年龄差异（儿童性侵犯者与同龄人性侵犯者），确定两种亚群体的性犯罪者，并将这两个亚组的人格特征与青少年非性犯罪者进行比较。该组由 67 名年龄在 13-18 岁之间的青少年罪犯组成，他们因性犯罪或非性犯罪而被判决：20 名非性犯罪者（JNSO），26 名儿童性侵犯者（CA）和 21 名同龄人性侵犯者（PA）。所有参与者都接受了米伦青少年临床量表（MACI）的测试。比较了三个样本中 MACI 量表的平均得分和临床截断值。与 PA 相比，CA 更顺从和从众，他们的焦虑感更强。同龄人性侵犯者在不羁和强势的人格量表、社会敏感性和犯罪倾向方面得分更高。同龄人性侵犯者在药物滥用倾向、冲动倾向和反社会功能方面的得分也高于 CA，但与 JNSO 的得分相似。我们的研究结果表明，PA 和 JNSO 在人格和临床特征方面存在明显的相似之处，特别是在反社会人格特质方面。CA 没有表现出容易导致违法犯罪活动的 PA 和 JNSO 典型的人格特征。这些结果引发了一些问题，即青少年性犯罪者是否应该与非性犯罪者在同一机构中接受治疗，以及是否应该为所有类型的青少年性犯罪者实施相同的治疗方案。
