Childhood Abuse and Adolescent Sexual Re-Offending: A Meta-Analysis

Childhood Abuse and Adolescent Sexual Re-Offending: A Meta-Analysis

Recent research indicates that adolescents who have sexually offended are more likely than other adolescents to have a history of sexual and physical abuse. However, it is unclear whether abuse predicts re-offending among these adolescents. To examine this relationship, a meta-analysis was conducted...

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Veröffentlicht in:Child & youth care forum 2011-10, Vol.40 (5), p.401-417
Hauptverfasser: Mallie, Adana L., Viljoen, Jodi L., Mordell, Sarah, Spice, Andrew, Roesch, Ronald
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescents
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child and School Psychology
Child Sexual Abuse
Childhood
Childhood abuse
Effect Size
Heterogeneity
Juvenile offenders
Knowledge
Learning Theories
Meta Analysis
Original Paper
Prediction
Psychology
Recidivism
Scarcity
Sex crimes
Sexual Abuse
Systematic review
Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:Recent research indicates that adolescents who have sexually offended are more likely than other adolescents to have a history of sexual and physical abuse. However, it is unclear whether abuse predicts re-offending among these adolescents. To examine this relationship, a meta-analysis was conducted which included 29 effect sizes drawn from 11 published and unpublished studies involving 1542 sexually abusive adolescents. The results indicate a significant but small relationship between history of sexual abuse and sexual re-offending ( O.R.  = 1.51, p  
ISSN:1053-1890
1573-3319
DOI:10.1007/s10566-010-9136-0