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Dembo, Richard; Schmeidler, James; Childs, Kristina – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2007
This paper reports the results of developing and evaluating a classification of 315 arrested youth processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center from September 1, 1994 to January 31, 1998. Youth were characterized as physically or sexually abused if they reported abuse or if they had been referred to juvenile court for abuse.…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Females
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Benoit, Jeffrey L.; Kennedy, Wallace A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Study of 100 adolescent males incarcerated in a secure residential training school found no statistical differences in frequency or intensity of sexual or physical victimization between groups divided according to the crimes they committed. Findings suggest that the relationship between sexual or physical abuse victimization and subsequent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Criminals