Adolescent Sex Offenders
Abstract
Abstract This chapter focuses on a subset of the “outliers”: youth who are sexually inappropriate toward others. Some are referred to a RTC without full disclosure of this problem. Most have been victims of child sexual abuse, sometimes brutal and depraved. Some have been exposed to sexualized environments that have twisted their view of sex and intimacy. The chapter describes CV’s work with other agencies on “problematic sexual behaviors,”the program CV developed for these young people—New Directions—and the results of studies conducted about the extent of the problem in foster care.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Psychopathy
Forensic Psychiatry
Sexual Offending
Child Welfare and Adoption
Child Abuse and Trauma
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Oxford University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 177–184
- Publication date
- 12 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter