Differences in the Prevalence and Impact of Risk Factors for General Recidivism Between Different Types of Juveniles Who Have Committed Sexual Offenses (JSOs) and Juveniles Who Have Committed Nonsexual Offenses (NSOs)
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Differences in the Prevalence and Impact of Risk Factors for General Recidivism Between Different Types of Juveniles Who Have Committed Sexual Offenses (JSOs) and Juveniles Who Have Committed Nonsexual Offenses (NSOs)
To date, there is surprisingly little research on differences in the prevalence and impact of risk factors for general recidivism between juveniles who have committed sexual offenses (JSO) and juveniles who have committed nonsexual offenses (NSO). Therefore, we examined differences in the prevalence and impact of dynamic risk factors for general delinquency between youth with nonsexual offenses (NSO, n = 504), youth with misdemeanor sexual offenders (MSO, n = 136), youth with felony sexual offenders (FSO, n = 116) and youth with offenses against much younger children (CSO, n = 373). The sample consisted of boys with a mean age of 15.3 years (SD = 1.5). The prevalence of dynamic risk factors for general delinquency was significantly lower in JSOs than in NSOs. More serious sexual offenses were associated with a lower prevalence of dynamic risk factors. In contrast, the impact of most dynamic risk factors on general recidivism proved to be significantly larger among JSOs compared to NSOs. The relative importance of the dynamic risk factors varied for each type of JSO, resulting in differences in the dynamic risk profiles of the various types of JSOs.
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