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Library

Helpful links:

US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

The Juvenile Sex Offender Reserach Bibliography: http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/juvsexoff/sexbibtopic.html

Legal Documents:

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

Megan's Law I

Megan's Law II

Appeal of Genarlow Wilson

News Articles:

CNN Article on Genarlow Wilson

New York Times Article, Maggie Jones

Reference Documents:

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuser's (ATSA) Report on the Task Force of Children with Sexual Behavior Problems

National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth. (2004). NCBSY Fact Sheet: Sexual Development and Sexual Behavior Problems in Children Ages 2-12.

Research Articles:

Becker, J.V. (1998). What we know about the characteristics and treatment of adolescents who have committed sexual offenses. Child Maltreatment, 3(4), 317-329.

 

Bonner, B.L., Marx, P.B., Thompson, J.M., & Michaelson, P. (1998). Assessment of adolescent sexual offenders. Child Maltreatment, 3(4), 374-383.

 

Burton, D.L. (2000). Were adolescent sexual offenders children with sexual behavior problems? Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 12(1), 37-47.

 

Chaffin, M. (1994). Research in Action; Assessment and treatment of child sexual abusers. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 9(2), 224-237.

Chaffin, M., & Bonner, B.L. (1998). ‘Don’t shoot. We’re your children’: Have we gone too far in our response to adolescent sexual abusers and children with sexual behavior problems?  Child Maltreatment.

 

Hanson, R.K., Gordon, A., Harris, A.J.R., Marques, J.K., Murphy, W., Quinsey, V.L. et al. (2002). First report of the collaborative outcome data project on the effectiveness of psychological treatment for sex offenders. Sexual Abuse: A journal of Research and Treatment, 14(2), 169- 194.

 

Hines, D.A., & Finkelhor, D. (2007). Statutory sex crime relationships between juveniles and adults: a review of social scientific research. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 12, 300-314.  

Hunter, J.A., & Lexier, L.J. (1998). Ethical and legal issues in the assessment and treatment of juvenile sex offenders. Child Maltreatment, 3(4), 339-348.

 

Hunter, J.A., Hazelwood, R.R., & Slesinger, D. (2000). Juvenile-perpetrated sex crimes: Patterns of offending and predictors of violence. Journal of Family Violence, 15(1), 81-93.

 

Hunter, J.A., Figueredo, A.J., Malamuth, N.M., Becker, J.V. (2003). Juvenile sex offenders: Toward the development of typology. Sexual Abuse: A journal of Research and Treatment, 15(1), 27-48.

 

Hunter, J.A. (2004). Developmental pathways in youth sexual aggression and delinquency: Risk factors and mediators. Journal of Family Violence, 19(4), 233-242.

 

Letourneau, E.J., Schoenwald, S.K., & Sheidow, A.J. (2004). Children and adolescents with sexual behavior problems. Child Maltreatment, 9(1), 49-61.

Letourneau, E.J., & Miner, M.H. (2005). Juvenile sex offenders: A case against the legal and clinical status quo. Sexual Abuse: A journal of Research and Treatment, 17(3), 293-312.

Longo, R.E., & Groth, A.N. (1983). Juvenile sexual offenses in the histories of adult rapists and child molesters. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 27, 150- 155.

 

Longo, R.E. (1982). Sexual learning and experience among adolescent sexual offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 26, 235-241.

Longo, R.E. (1982). Undetected recidivism among rapists and child molesters. Crime & Delinquency, 28, 450-458.  

O’Donohue, W., & Letourneau, E.J. (1993). A brief group treatment for the modification of denial in child sexual abusers: outcome and follow-up. Child Abuse & Neglect, 17, 299-304.

 

Pithers, W.D., Gray, A., Busconi, A., & Houchens, P. (1998). Children with sexual behavior problems: Identification of five distinct child types and related treatment considerations. Child Maltreatment, 3(4), 384-406.

 

Silovsky, J.F., & Nlec, L. (2002). Characteristics of young children with sexual behavior problems: A pilot study. Child Maltreatment, 7(3), 187-197.

 

Veneziano, C., & Veneziano, L. (2002). Adolescent sex offenders; A review of the literature. Trauma, violence & Abuse, 3(4), 247-260.