Re: juvenile sex offenders

["Ineke Way" <ineke.way@xxxxxxxxx>]

I did my dissertation research as part of a larger study with Dr.
David Burton at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. We
measured childhood maltreatment history (28 items rated on a likert
scale, with separate questions for sexual abuse, physical abuse,
neglect, emotional abuse, emotional neglect) using the Childhood
Trauma Questionnaire (Bernstein & Fink, 1998).

My dissertation data for 96 adolescents adjudicated for sexual
offending showed that 67% endorsed a history of sexual abuse, 82%
endorsed physical abuse, and 40% endorsed physical neglect.
Frequently these youths had experienced multiple forms of
maltreatment - 42% reported 2 forms of maltreatment, and 34%
reported all three forms of maltreatment (Way, 1999).

Ineke Way, Ph.D., ACSW
Assistant Professor

School of Social Work
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI  49008-5354

269/387-3195
fax 269/387-3183
ineke.way@wmich.edu

>>> gzeller@u.washington.edu 09/30/02 07:30PM >>>
I am wondering if anyone might know of research that offers
statistics on
juvenile sex offenders who have also been victims of sexual abuse
or other
trauma?  Thanks in advance,
Gayle Zeller
Education and Prevention Coordinator
Children's Response Center
Bellevue, WA