Psychiatric Diagnoses in Adolescent Sex Offenders

RICHARD J. KAVOUSSI; MEG KAPLAN; JUDITH V. BECKER

doi:10.1097/00004583-198803000-00018

Psychiatric Diagnoses in Adolescent Sex Offenders

RICHARD J. KAVOUSSI, MEG KAPLAN, JUDITH V. BECKER

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

105 Scopus citations

Abstract

Crime statistics indicate that a high percentage of rapes and child molestations are committed by sexual perpetrators under the age of 18. To determine the psychiatric characteristics of this population, 58 outpatient male adolescent sex offenders were interviewed with structured instruments. Conduct Disorder was the most common diagnosis, while rates of other disorders were much lower than in earlier studies. Implications of these findings for future research in the evaluation and treatment of adolescent sex offenders are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	241-243
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-198803000-00018
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Conduct Disorder
adolescents
sex offenders

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

Access to Document

10.1097/00004583-198803000-00018

Cite this

@article{7524a6f1e9d2407c98d828ce165b06ab,

title = "Psychiatric Diagnoses in Adolescent Sex Offenders",

abstract = "Crime statistics indicate that a high percentage of rapes and child molestations are committed by sexual perpetrators under the age of 18. To determine the psychiatric characteristics of this population, 58 outpatient male adolescent sex offenders were interviewed with structured instruments. Conduct Disorder was the most common diagnosis, while rates of other disorders were much lower than in earlier studies. Implications of these findings for future research in the evaluation and treatment of adolescent sex offenders are discussed.",

keywords = "Conduct Disorder, adolescents, sex offenders",

author = "KAVOUSSI, {RICHARD J.} and MEG KAPLAN and BECKER, {JUDITH V.}",

year = "1988",

doi = "10.1097/00004583-198803000-00018",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "27",

pages = "241--243",

journal = "Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",

issn = "0890-8567",

publisher = "Elsevier Limited",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Psychiatric Diagnoses in Adolescent Sex Offenders

AU - KAVOUSSI, RICHARD J.

AU - KAPLAN, MEG

AU - BECKER, JUDITH V.

PY - 1988

Y1 - 1988

N2 - Crime statistics indicate that a high percentage of rapes and child molestations are committed by sexual perpetrators under the age of 18. To determine the psychiatric characteristics of this population, 58 outpatient male adolescent sex offenders were interviewed with structured instruments. Conduct Disorder was the most common diagnosis, while rates of other disorders were much lower than in earlier studies. Implications of these findings for future research in the evaluation and treatment of adolescent sex offenders are discussed.

AB - Crime statistics indicate that a high percentage of rapes and child molestations are committed by sexual perpetrators under the age of 18. To determine the psychiatric characteristics of this population, 58 outpatient male adolescent sex offenders were interviewed with structured instruments. Conduct Disorder was the most common diagnosis, while rates of other disorders were much lower than in earlier studies. Implications of these findings for future research in the evaluation and treatment of adolescent sex offenders are discussed.

KW - Conduct Disorder

KW - adolescents

KW - sex offenders

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0023871135&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0023871135&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1097/00004583-198803000-00018

DO - 10.1097/00004583-198803000-00018

M3 - Article

C2 - 3360730

AN - SCOPUS:0023871135

SN - 0890-8567

VL - 27

SP - 241

EP - 243

JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

IS - 2

ER -

Psychiatric Diagnoses in Adolescent Sex Offenders

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this