Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Access Criminology and Criminal Justice journals now

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Criminal Justice and Behavior
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SPACCARELLI, S.
Right arrow Articles by KIM, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Psychosocial Correlates of Male Sexual Aggression in a Chronic Delinquent Sample

STEVEN SPACCARELLI

University of Illinois at Chicago

BLAKE BOWDEN

DePaul University

J. DOUGLAS COATSWORTH

University of Miami

SONI KIM

Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Theory and previous studies have suggested that sexual aggression in juveniles is associated with past sexual victimization, deficits in social competence, and high levels of neurotic symptoms. This study examined these and other variables as potential correlates of sexual aggression in a sample of 210 chronic delinquents that included 24 arrested sex offenders, 26 self-reported sexual offenders, 106 nonsexual violent offenders, and 54 low-violence controls. Arrested and self-reported sex offenders differed only with respect to sexual victimization, with arrested offenders being more likely to report victimization by a male perpetrator. The combined sex offender group differed from the low-violence control group on several variables; the former reported greater exposure to serious physical abuse and to domestic violence involving weapons, attitudes more accepting of sexual and physical aggression, and more use of aggressive control seeking in response to stress. Implications of these findings for rehabilitation and treatment programs are discussed.

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 1, 71-95 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854897024001005
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Criminal Justice and BehaviorHome page
J. L. Viljoen, M. Scalora, L. Cuadra, S. Bader, V. Chavez, D. Ullman, and L. Lawrence
Assessing Risk for Violence in Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended: A Comparison of the J-SOAP-II, J-SORRAT-II, and SAVRY
Criminal Justice and Behavior, January 1, 2008; 35(1): 5 - 23.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 J Interpers ViolenceHome page
A. Ph. van Wijk, B. R. F. Mali, R. A. R. Bullens, and R. R. Vermeiren
Criminal Profiles of Violent Juvenile Sex and Violent Juvenile Non Sex Offenders: An Explorative Longitudinal Study
J Interpers Violence, October 1, 2007; 22(10): 1340 - 1355.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Trauma Violence AbuseHome page
A. van Wijk, R. Vermeiren, R. Loeber, L. Hart-Kerkhoffs, T. Doreleijers, and R. Bullens
Juvenile sex offenders compared to non-sex offenders: a review of the literature 1995-2005.
Trauma Violence Abuse, October 1, 2006; 7(4): 227 - 243.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Sex AbuseHome page
A. van Wijk, R. Loeber, R. Vermeiren, D. Pardini, R. Bullens, and T. Doreleijers
Violent Juvenile Sex Offenders Compared with Violent Juvenile Nonsex Offenders: Explorative Findings From the Pittsburgh Youth Study
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, July 1, 2005; 17(3): 333 - 352.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Sex AbuseHome page
S. Righthand, R. Prentky, R. Knight, E. Carpenter, J. E. Hecker, and D. Nangle
Factor Structure and Validation of the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol (J-SOAP)
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, January 1, 2005; 17(1): 13 - 30.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Trauma Violence AbuseHome page
C. VENEZIANO and L. VENEZIANO
Adolescent Sex Offenders: A Review of the Literature
Trauma Violence Abuse, October 1, 2002; 3(4): 247 - 260.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Sex AbuseHome page
D. T. Kenny, T. Keogh, and K. Seidler
Predictors of Recidivism in Australian Juvenile Sex Offenders: Implications for Treatment
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, April 1, 2001; 13(2): 131 - 148.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Urban EducationHome page
J. Fleming, C. Barner III, B. Hudson, and L. A. Rosignon-Carmouche
Anger, Violence, and Academic Performance: A Study of Troubled Minority Youth
Urban Education, May 1, 2000; 35(2): 175 - 204.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Sex AbuseHome page
R. Prentky, B. Harris, K. Frizzell, and S. Righthnd
An Actuarial Procedure for Assessing Risk with Juvenile Sex Offenders
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, April 1, 2000; 12(2): 71 - 93.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Criminal Justice and BehaviorHome page
A. A. CAPUTO, P. J. FRICK, and S. L. BRODSKY
Family Violence and Juvenile Sex Offending: The Potential Mediating Role of Psychopathic Traits and Negative Attitudes Toward Women
Criminal Justice and Behavior, September 1, 1999; 26(3): 338 - 356.
[Abstract] [PDF]