Differentiating youth who sexually abuse: Applying a multidimensional framework when assessing and treating subtypes

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 57-82

  Rasmussen, Lucinda A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse reactive children; Adolescent sexual offender; Children who molest; Children with sexual behavior problems; Juvenile sexual offender; Sexualized children; Trauma Outcome Process; Typology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; JUVENILE; JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MODEL; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAUMA OUTCOME PROCESS MODEL; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17744399036     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v13n03_04     Document Type: Review

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