Treatment Outcome and Criminal Offending by Youth With Sexual Behavior Problems
Child Maltreatment, Vol. 13, No. 2, 133-144 (2008)
Letourneau, E. J., Chapman, J. E., Schoenwald, S. K.
"Children and adolescents treated for general delinquency problems and rated by caregivers as having sexual behavior problems (SBP; N = 696) were compared with youth from the same sample with no sexual behavior problems (NSBP; N = 1,185). Treatment outcome through 12-months posttreatment and criminal offending through an average 48-month posttreatment were compared for both groups. It was hypothesized that both groups would improve over time; however, the SBP group would evidence greater psychopathology at follow-up, and these hypotheses were supported."
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