This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Waite, D. Articles by Brown, G. L. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Waite, D. Articles by Brown, G. L. Pubmed/NCBI databases Medline Plus Health Information Child Behavior Disorders Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Juvenile Sex Offender Re-Arrest Rates for Sexual, Violent Nonsexual and Property Crimes: A 10-Year Follow-Up

Department of Juvenile Justice, Behavioral Services Unit, Richmond, Virginia, dennis.waite{at}djj.virginia.gov

Adrienne Keller

Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Division of Prevention Research, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia

Elizabeth L. McGarvey

Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Division of Prevention Research, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia

Edward Wieckowski

Department of Juvenile Justice, Behavioral Services Unit, Richmond, Virginia

Relana Pinkerton

Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Division of Prevention Research, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia

Gerald L. Brown

Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Division of Prevention Research, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia

We report the results of a 10-year follow-up recidivism study of two sex offender treatment programs for incarcerated juvenile sex offenders (JSOs) in Virginia. The programs vary in environment and intensity. The more intense JSO program ("self-contained") operates in specialized living units that are separate from those of the general juvenile incarcerated population. In the less intense program ( "prescriptive" ), JSOs remain housed with the general population of juvenile offenders. Arrest and incarceration data through January 2003 were obtained for 261 male JSOs released between 1992 and 2001. The inclusion of adult incarceration data allowed for a more accurate assessment of the actual time at risk for sexual re-offending. Outcomes are re-arrest rates, length of time to re-arrest and type of offense (property, nonsexual assault, sexual) on re-arrest, with analyses using survival curve functions. For both groups, actual re-arrest is most likely to be for a nonsexual person offense (31 and 47%, respectively) and least likely to be for a sexual offense (<5% for both groups). Comparing the nonequivalent groups, the self-contained treatment group has a lower predicted re-arrest rate and a longer mean time to re-arrest, for all types of offenses, than the prescriptive treatment group. In addition, juveniles who indicate high levels of impulsive/antisocial behaviors are significantly more likely to recidivate compared to juveniles with low-levels of impulsivelantisocial behaviors, regardless of treatment type. This is the first 10-year follow-up study of treatment outcomes for a relatively large sample of males who were incarcerated for sexual offenses as juveniles.

Key Words: adolescent • sex offender • recidivism • incarcerated.

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 17, No. 3, 313-331 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/107906320501700305


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?