TY - JOUR
T1 - School, Social-Communicative, and Academic Challenges Among Delinquents and Juvenile Sexual Offenders
AU - Tan, Kevin
AU - Brown, Adam
AU - Leibowitz, George Stuart
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the Social Work Academic Criminality Collaboratory (SWACC) for data sharing and consultation on this project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - This study explores the association between student factors and delinquency by comparing two groups of adjudicated youth in six Midwestern residential facilities: 331 young men committed for a sexual offense, and 171 committed for a nonsexual offense. Statistically significant findings include juvenile sexual offenders exhibiting a greater number of delinquent behaviors and greater academic and social difficulties compared with their counterparts adjudicated for a nonsexual offense. Additionally, path analysis revealed that school experience was negatively associated with delinquency for both groups. For juvenile sexual offenders, academic difficulties were associated with delinquency through their school experience. Among general delinquents, delinquency was directly associated with social difficulties and school experience. Implications for interventions and future research are discussed.
AB - This study explores the association between student factors and delinquency by comparing two groups of adjudicated youth in six Midwestern residential facilities: 331 young men committed for a sexual offense, and 171 committed for a nonsexual offense. Statistically significant findings include juvenile sexual offenders exhibiting a greater number of delinquent behaviors and greater academic and social difficulties compared with their counterparts adjudicated for a nonsexual offense. Additionally, path analysis revealed that school experience was negatively associated with delinquency for both groups. For juvenile sexual offenders, academic difficulties were associated with delinquency through their school experience. Among general delinquents, delinquency was directly associated with social difficulties and school experience. Implications for interventions and future research are discussed.
KW - Academic difficulties
KW - Adolescent sexual offending
KW - Delinquency
KW - School experience
KW - Social difficulties
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U2 - 10.1007/s10560-018-0549-1
DO - 10.1007/s10560-018-0549-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047784964
SN - 0738-0151
VL - 35
SP - 577
EP - 585
JO - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
JF - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
IS - 6
ER -