Exploring the overlap in male juvenile sexual offending and general delinquency: Trauma, alcohol use, and masculine beliefs

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-468

  Brown, Adam ^a   Burton, David L ^b  

^a Northeast Center for Youth and Families Inc   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; juvenile sexual offender; masculinity; nonsexual violence; sexual violence; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77955170176     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2010.495044     Document Type: Article

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