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Notable new study about juve sex offenders

By Douglas A. Berman

Today's USA Today includes this notable article, headlined "Study: Third of juvenile sex offenders target other kids." Here is how it starts: More than a third of sex crimes against juveniles are committed by juveniles, according to new research commissioned by the Justice Department. Juveniles are 36% of all sex offenders who victimize children. Seven out of eight are at least 12 years old, and 93% are boys, says the study by the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. The report comes as states toughen penalties for adult sex offenders and wrestle with how to handle juveniles. "They are different from adult sex offenders," says study co-author David Finkelhor. They are more likely than adults to commit sex offenses in groups, and their victims are younger and more likely to be male...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 04, 2010 (boomark / email).