McCuish Evan C, Lussier Patrick, Corrado Raymond R
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
Sex Abuse. 2015 Aug;27(4):414-38. doi: 10.1177/1079063213517268. Epub 2014 Jan 31.
In prospective longitudinal studies of juvenile offenders, the presence of multiple developmental pathways of antisocial behaviors has consistently been identified. An "antisocial" type of juvenile sex offender (JSO) has also been identified; however, whether antisocial JSOs follow different antisocial pathways has not been examined. In the current study, differences in antisocial pathways within JSOs and between JSOs and juvenile non-sex offenders (JNSOs) were examined. Data on Canadian male incarcerated adolescent offenders were used to identify whether behavioral antecedents differed within JSOs and between JSOs (n = 51) and JNSOs (n = 94). Using latent class analysis (LCA), three behavioral groups were identified. For both JSOs and JNSOs, there was a Low Antisocial, Overt, and Covert group. Overall, there were important within-group differences in the behavioral patterns of JSOs, but these differences resembled differences in the behavioral patterns of their JNSO counterpart. Risk factors including offense history, abuse history, and family history were more strongly associated with the Overt and Covert groups compared with the Low Antisocial group. Implications for JSO assessment practices were discussed.
在对少年犯的前瞻性纵向研究中，一直都能发现反社会行为存在多种发展路径。一种“反社会”类型的青少年性犯罪者（JSO）也已被识别出来；然而，反社会的青少年性犯罪者是否遵循不同的反社会路径尚未得到研究。在当前的研究中，我们考察了青少年性犯罪者内部以及青少年性犯罪者与青少年非性犯罪者（JNSO）之间反社会路径的差异。利用加拿大男性被监禁青少年罪犯的数据，来确定行为先兆在青少年性犯罪者内部以及在青少年性犯罪者（n = 51）和青少年非性犯罪者（n = 94）之间是否存在差异。通过潜在类别分析（LCA），识别出了三个行为组。对于青少年性犯罪者和青少年非性犯罪者而言，都有一个低反社会组、公开组和隐蔽组。总体而言，青少年性犯罪者的行为模式在组内存在重要差异，但这些差异类似于其青少年非性犯罪者对应组的行为模式差异。与低反社会组相比，包括犯罪史、虐待史和家族史在内的风险因素与公开组和隐蔽组的关联更强。文中讨论了对青少年性犯罪者评估实践的启示。
