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Langstrom, Niklas; Grann, Martin; Lindblad, Frank – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Uses data concerning all young sex offenders (N=56) to construct and validate an introductory young sex offender typology based solely on offense characteristics. A 5-cluster solution received optimal support from cluster analysis of 15 offense-related variables. Survival analysis revealed that the clusters differed with respect to sexual but not…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, Delinquency, Foreign Countries