The authors investigated the impact that 5 selected risk factors have on the treatment outcome of adolescent male sex offenders. The results indicated that the greatest risk factor among sex offenders was having a mother who had a substance abuse problem.
The Effect of Adolescent Sex Offender Abuse History on Counselor Attitudes
β Scribed by Stacia S. Carone; N. Kenneth LaFleur
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 511 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1055-3835
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β¦ Synopsis
Counseling students' judgments of adolescent sex offenders with sexual or physical abuse histories were examined. Sexually abused offenders were more desirable as prospective clients than were nonabused offenders. Sexually abused counselors desired to see physically abused offenders as clients over sexually abused offenders. Implications for counseling are presented.
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