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Child Sexual Abuse and Subsequent Offending and Victimisation [electronic Resource]

其他書名	A 45 Year Follow-up Study
出版	Criminology Research Council, 2011
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ZuU5jwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Up to 30 percent of children experience childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and whether this impacts re-victimisation or offending as an adult has been the subject of numerous studies. This study investigates whether a disproportionate number of CSA victims subsequently perpetrate offences and experience future victimisation compared with people who have not been sexually abused. The CSA population studied was obtained from records collected between 1964 and 1995 by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and follow-up analysis conducted on a sample of 2,759 victims. It was found that although the majority of CSA victims did not perpetuate the cycle of violence they were almost five times more likely than the general population to be charged with any offence than their non-abused counterparts, with strongest associations found for sexual and violent offences. CSA victims were also more likely to have been victims of crime, particularly crimes of a sexual or violent nature. Implications for clinical, policing and judicial practices are discussed. This research highlights the need for therapeutic interventions targeted at adolescent male CSA victims, particularly with regard to offender treatment programs, where many programs currently do not allow for exploration of offenders' own sexual victimisation. (Abstract, edited.)