Justice Department Announces Bulletin on Juveniles Who Sexually Victimize Other Youth

12-1-2009 National:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced the release of a bulletin reporting on youth who commit sexual offenses against minors. The latest in the Crimes Against Children Series from OJP's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the bulletin draws on data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System to describe the characteristics of the juvenile sex offender population coming to the attention of law enforcement. Key findings include: juveniles account for more than one-third (36%) of those known to police to have committed sex offenses against minors; and juveniles who commit sex offenses against other children are more likely than adult sex offenders to offend in groups, at schools, and to have more male and younger victims.

TITLE: "Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors"

RESEARCHERS: David Finkelhor, Ph.D., Richard Ormrod Ph.D., and Mark Chaffin, Ph.D.

PUBLISHER: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

..Source.. Dep't of Justice