Adolescent Sex Offenders

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This paper examines what causes minors to commit acts of sexual abuse, as well as whether or not such offenders have diagnosable and treatable psychiatric and/or anti-social disorders. The writer points out that juvenile sexual offending appears to traverse racial,cultural and economic boundaries. The paper also describes those youths whose profiles potentially fit that of a sex offender. The author concludes the paper with treatment options for offenders.

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"Characteristics that offenders sometimes have in common are being dependent individuals with feelings of inadequacy stemming from early family histories characterized by conflict, disruption, abandonment and exploitation. Approximately 80% of all perpetrators were sexually abused themselves as children. Once a child is sexually abused it has a horrible effect on them, which causes them to suffer from devastating psychological breakdowns."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Harmony Hill School, (2005), Sex Offender Treatment, Retrieved Jun. 18, 2005 from Web Site, http://www.harmonyhillschool.org/sexoffendertreatment.htm.
• Health Canada, (1990) Adolescent Sexual Offenders, Retrieved Jun. 18, 2005 from Web Site, http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/pdfs/adolsxo.pdf
• The Awareness Center, Sexually Reactive Children, Retrieved Jun. 18, 2005 from Web Site, http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/JuvenileSexOffenders.html
• Office of Children's Research, "A Comparison of Sexually Aggressive Youth Open/Active Department of Children and Family Services Caseloads, Comparing Youth Under and Over the Age of 12." Olympia, Washington: Department of Social and Health Services, 1992.
• Metzner, J.L., "The Adolescent Sex Offender: An Overview." Interchange, January 1988.

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