Violent juvenile sex offenders compared with violent juvenile nonsex offenders: Explorative findings from the Pittsburgh Youth Study

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-352

  Van Wijk, Anton ^a,e   Loeber, Rolf ^b,c   Vermeiren, Robert ^d   Pardini, Dustin ^b   Bullens, Ruud ^c   Doreleijers, Theo ^d  

^a Netherlands Police Academy   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Netherlands National Police Academy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Juvenile sex offenders; Longitudinal study; Nonsex offenders; Predictive factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 21544472087     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11194-005-5062-3     Document Type: Article

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